ms. baldwin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak up to two and a half minutes on this. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. ms. baldwin: mr. president, i rise to urge my colleagues to oppose my colleague, senator lee's amendment which would interfere with the food and drug administration's ability to enforce their regulations related to the names of dairy products. this amendment if passed would upend the f.d.a.'s review of nutrition innovation as part of its nutrition innovation strategy. it would short circuit the agency's efforts to review standards of identity and other tools to provide meaningful, accurate information about food products to consumers, and it would block the agency from addressing the mislabeling of imitation products that use dairy names without meeting the requirements, the legal requirements to use those terms. the f.d.a. has currently an open docket, and the public is able to comment on these issues. we should all let that process play out.

ms. jenkins. james baldwin, if you love me, you have to raise your consciousness and address the things people do not see. i started thinking about the environmentalote, climate issues, health care related issues, then reform, and how it comes together. a favor. take a deep breath -- do me a favor. take a deep breath. let it out. can power -- your vote change the power. you have the ability to make change happen, if you utilize your vote. places like manchester in houston, texas. when you roll down your window, you feel you are breathing in gasoline fumes. there's definite gladiators of change. they need your help with your vote. gentlemanr, texas, a my a name -- a gentleman who stands tall as a gladiator for a change, fighting against petrol corporations. eyes and throat are burning. it is our vote to make change happen. we have to get engaged. how may folks in the room nobody who has -- room who know summary who has asthma? -- no somebody who has asthma? our countryeople in are suffering from asthma. this pro

ms. jenkins. >> i said, -- i remember her saying, remember james baldwin, if you love me, you have to raise your consciousness and address the things people do not see. i started thinking about the power of our vote, environmental climate issues, health care related issues, gun reform and how it comes together. do me a favor. take a deep breath. let it out. the power of your vote can change the dynamic because in our country, 200,000 people died prematurely every year from air pollution. you have the ability to make change happen, if you utilize your vote. places like manchester in houston, texas. when you go there and you roll down the windows of your car, you feel like you are breathing in gasoline fumes. we have gladiators for change. they need your help with your vote. [applause] if you slide down the coast further and go to port arthur, texas, there is a gentleman who stands tall as a gladiator for a change, fighting against petrol areical corporations that there. each day, people's eyes are burning, throats are burning. they are facing all kinds of public health challenges. it is our vote

ms. jenkins. as i was walking a the array i heard her say remember james baldwin when he said that if you loved me then you have to raise your consciousness and address of things that people don't see. so i started to think about the power of our polls. i was thinking about environmental climate issues, health care-related issues, gun reform and how it all comes together. you guys do me a favor. everybody take a deep wrath. let it out. the power of your vote can change that dynamic because in our country 200,000 people die prematurely every day from air pollution. you have the ability to make change happen if you utilize your vote. places like the manchester community in houston texas. when you go there and roll down the windows of your car you feel like you are breathing in gasoline fumes. we have gladiators for change and buying products who are making real change happen but they need your help with your vote. if you go to the coastal further to port arthur texas you know a gentleman named arthur kelly who stands tall as a gladiator for change fighting against the chemical corporations and each

ms. jenkins! as i was walking away i heard her say, remember james baldwin. when he said that if you love me, then you have to raise your consciousness and adjust the things that people don't say. so i started to think about the power. i was thinking about environmental climate issues. healthcare related issues. gun reform and how it all comes together. so you do me a favor. everyone take a deep breath in. let it out. the power of your vote can change that dynamic because in our country, 200,000 people died prematurely every year from air pollution. you have the ability to make change happen. if you utilize your vote. places like the manchester community in houston, texas. when you go there and roll down the windows your car, you feel like you're breathing in gasoline fumes. but we have gladiators for change. and those helping to make real change happen. but they need your help with your vote. but you slide down the coast a little further and go to port arthur, texas. a gentleman the name of hilton kelly who stands tall as a gladiator for change. fighting aga

ms. baldwin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: i rise today to urge my colleagues to support my bipartisan amendment with my colleague senator susan collins, that would spur innovation in the dairy business. this amendment would do three simple things, foster the development of dairy products that respond to consumer demand, support new dairy entrepreneurs to develop their businesses and expand their markets and provide technical assistance to dairy farmers. dairy farmers are facing extremely difficult times. these farmers are facing uncertainty about trade deals and export markets and low milk prices. this would provide technical assistance for dairy entrepreneur so they and other businesses can find new ways to compete, increase their efficiency and find more surpluses for the milk they have. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. i yield back. the presiding officer: all time is yielded back. the question is on the amendment. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: