The House version of the farm bill, which Rep. Dave Reichert sadly voted yes on, includes a potentially devastating provision authored by Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa.

The provision, if included in the final version of the farm bill, will nullify long-standing, vital state legislation created to protect our animals from abuse, our people from food safety violations, and our environment from agriculture-related pollution. This amendment is wrong and could hurt us all.

Rep. Reichert, please work with your Washington colleagues to strike the harmful King language from the final version of the farm bill.

Stephanie Kuwasaki, Sammamish