Sixteen House Republicans are calling on Congress to oppose the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, commonly known as the EATS Act. That bill would prohibit state laws that impose additional requirements on agriculture producers in other states. Lawmakers introduced the EATS Act in response to the Supreme Court’s May decision to uphold California’s Proposition 12 regulating animal confinement spaces.
EATS Act supporters say states’ rights are at stake. They contend laws like Prop 12, and a similar Massachusetts law, allow large states to essentially set the rules for everyone…
