Vt. Sen. Leahy to seek maple protection law

Yeah... and bring on the death penalty for such offenders. way to go leahy////// no wonder your party is in a mess

Mislabeling a product is already illegal under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. It sounds like Senator Leahy wants to make the penalty greater. This sounds excessive to me. Why should mislabeling pancake syrup be any worse than mislabeling other products? Leahy appears to be seeking to throw his weight around.

This is so painfully obvious! If this is a crime, we already have statutes for fraud; we do not need to invent a special class to protect the maple syrup marketers of Vermont.

Really we need a another federal law ? Leahy is a 100% Vermont pure jackass.

When Leahy quits blocking qualified conservatives from being confirmed as federal judges . . . when Leahy supports strong defense of U.S. borders . . . when Leahy quits running interference for the crooks-in-charge at the Justice Dept. and the White House . . . then pigs will fly and I still won't support his syrup protection legislation. I have been to Vermont and toured a maple syrup factory--very nice indeed and a fine product--but it can do well enough on its own as it has for centuries.

Let's all have sex now and go protest. Maple syrup is the most pressing problem facing my great grandchildren!

A $70,000.00 FEDERAL grant to market maple syrup.....really??? Just keep spending our tax dollars on that stuff. Why not pay down our national debt?????????????

May I suggest a warm Vermont Maple Syrup enema for the Obama Lama?

Thank God for this! Pretty much averted serious problems here. Well done.

This is yet another example of why people are protesting,and the rich are leaving america. How in Heavens name do people like this get into office??? WHY AMERICA??? We get what we deserve for voting complete morons into public office.

You just can't make this stuff up. The Federal Government is out of control!

Did I mention Leahy lost an election and the person who won the election gave Leahy the job by stepping down. There alot of good people here but alot of massholes and New Yorkers came here....now you know why we had gay marriage 1st

Congratulations, Vermont...you're a laughing stock again...

Someone needs to go slap the stupid out of Leahy.

I can't believe this dimwit is worried about maple syrup, and the economy is falling apart. Another clueless liberal democrat puppet.

Time to get the ATF involved with maple syrup smuggling. It will now be called the bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearmes, and Syrup.

Real important stuff. The libbies are destroying the USA and Leahy comes up with this #$%$Silliness!

I was going to buy a bottle of authentic maple syrup last week, but the bank turned me down.

I love real maple syrup! And I hate those who try to pawn off beet sugar or corn syrup as maple syrup. But I'm not sure it takes the US Senate to enforce it....

If you're an illegal alien who sells fake maple syrup, does Leahy's bill give you immunity from prosecution?