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Today's issue of Hill profiles Chandler Keys, chief lobbyist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Keys, who "helped the industry steer clear of a public backlash" -- and adequate public health safeguards [4] -- following the December discovery of mad cow disease in America [5], is described as someone who "talks tough with policymakers [6] but harbors a sentimental side." During the interview, "Keys was interrupted by a phone call from the White House. Upset by what he was hearing... Keys barked into the receiver, 'You're giving us shit sandwiches! Shit sandwiches!'... The message was clear: Don't mess with the cattlemen." The Center's John Stauber, co-author of Mad Cow USA [7], has butted heads with the sentimental Mr. Keys in debates on CNN [8].
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment/agriculture/mad-cow-disease
[3] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2004%2F02%2F2408%2Fbeefs-top-lobbyist-knows-bad-food&linkname=Beef%27s%20Top%20Lobbyist%20Knows%20Bad%20Food
[4] http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow/greger12304.cfm
[5] http://www.prwatch.org/spin/December_2003.html#1072242000
[6] http://www.prwatch.org/spin/January_2004.html#1073019600
[7] http://www.prwatch.org/books/madcow.html
[8] http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow/cnn122403.cfm
[9] http://thehill.com/business/020304_profile.aspx