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Thomas Massie@RepThomasMassie
(1/4) Did you know the only way to buy beef or pork or lamb from your local farmer and have it processed by a trusted local non-USDA facility is to buy the whole animal while it’s alive and pay to have it butchered yourself?!
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Thomas Massie@RepThomasMassie
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(2/4) Most folks aren’t able to buy a whole animal or share a whole animal with other families, much less keep all of that meat in a freezer for months!

So they’re forced to buy from a supermarket & farmers are forced to sell their animals to multinational monopolies.

Thomas Massie@RepThomasMassie
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(3/4) The PRIME Act fixes this with one simple change to the law.

The PRIME Act lets farmers sell portions of the processed animal (like steaks, or pork loin, or lamb chops) instead of the whole animal, and allows them to use existing local non-USDA processors to butcher it.

Thomas Massie@RepThomasMassie
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(4/4) Local beef, pork, and lamb, is tastier, safer, greener, healthier, and more humane.

Pass the PRIME Act!

Here’s a list of current sponsors. Is your congressman on this list?

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-cong...2814/cosponsors

H.R.2814 - PRIME Act 118th Congress (2023-2024) | Get alerts
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Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] (Introduced 04/25/2023)
Committees: House - Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 05/15/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (All Actions)
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Cosponsors: H.R.2814 — 118th Congress (2023-2024)
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Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] | Cosponsor statistics: 47 current - includes 23 original
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Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-8]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]* 04/25/2023
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] 04/28/2023
Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5] 04/28/2023
Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] 04/28/2023
Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] 05/02/2023
Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] 05/02/2023
Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] 05/02/2023
Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] 05/05/2023
Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] 05/10/2023
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] 06/07/2023
Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] 06/12/2023
Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] 06/30/2023
Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] 06/30/2023
Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] 07/10/2023
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] 07/10/2023
Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] 07/12/2023
Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-18] 07/26/2023
Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] 08/08/2023
Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] 08/15/2023
Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] 08/18/2023
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] 08/18/2023
Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] 08/29/2023
Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] 08/29/2023
Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] 09/01/2023
Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] 09/01/2023

Why, no, my representative is NOT on the list of co-sponsors.

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PRIME Act has been around for some time... never gets any traction... the PtB have no interest in passing something sensible like this into law...