Testimony & Official Correspondence

Dear Mary Kay:

I urge Mary Kay to join cosmetic industry leaders – including L’Oreal, Revlon, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and many others – in support S.1014, the Personal Care Products Safety Act. 

Real cosmetics reform is long overdue. In a recent national poll, the majority of your consumers told us they want stricter oversight of personal care products and their ingredients.   

Key Issues: 

Consumer Products

Cosmetics

Dietary guidelines need to inform consumers of the dangers of mercury in certain seafood and provide clear labeling of added sugars in food. These are key elements for establishing effective guidelines that promote healthy, sustainable diets.

Key Issues: 

Food

Testimony of Kenneth Cook on S. 697 before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Key Issues: 

Toxics

Chemical Policy (TSCA)

Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, testified Dec. 10 before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health against H.R. 4432, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. The legislation would deny Americans the right to know what’s in their food and how it is grown. It would preempt state laws that require labeling of genetically engineered foods. Faber spoke on behalf of Just Label It, a coalition of more than 700 businesses and organizations dedicated to mandatory GE labeling.

Key Issues: 

GMO Foods