OCF Candidate Survey 2006
Candidate: Patricia Torres Ray
Party: Democrat
District: 62
Running For: State Senator
State: Minnesota
1
QDo you think organic agriculture should receive a fair share (at least 2.5%) of government resources spent on agriculture?
A Yes
Comment: This seems reasonable on the face of it.
2
QDo you support strict standards for processed foods, dairy, and body care products that are labeled or marketed as organic?
A Yes
Comment:
3
QDo you support more aggressive government action to assess the harms of pesticides, take harmful pesticides off the market, and hold companies responsible for diseases and environmental damage caused by pesticides?
A Yes
Comment:
4
QShould people have the right to pass consumer safety laws at the state or local level that require food labels to include information on dangerous ingredients?
A Yes
Comment:
5a
QDo you support Country of Origin and labeling that helps consumers choose local products?
A Yes
Comment:
5b
QDo you support government action to help US farmers develop local and regional markets and to reduce non-renewable energy use on their farms?
A Yes
Comment:
6a
QDo you support mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients?
A Yes
Comment:
6b
QDo you support mandatory pre-market safety testing for all genetically modified foods and crops?
A Yes
Comment:
7
QDo you support universal testing for Mad Cow disease and a ban on feeding slaughterhouse waste to farm animals?
A Undecided
Comment: I support enough testing to keep us safe. I don't know how much that would be.
8
QDo you support a restructuring of trade-distorting US farm subsidies?
A Yes
Comment: I am from Colombia and have seen with my own eyes the devastation US trade policies have caused for small farmers in Colombia.
9
QDo you support a significant shift in US farm subsidies to help family farmers and ranchers make the transition to organic?
A Yes
Comment:
10
QDo you support a significant shift in subsidies to help US farmers adopt conservation and renewable energy practices on farms?
A Yes
Comment:
11
QDo you support increases for WIC (Women, Infant and Children), the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, and other programs to help low-income Americans buy organic food?
A Yes
Comment:
12
QDo you support universal health care with a preventive focus and a major emphasis on better nutrition?
A Yes
Comment:
13
QDo you support 80%-by-2050 reduction in climate destabilizing greenhouse gas pollution?
A Undecided
Comment: We need to aggressively confront the causes of global warming, but I do not know if an 80% reduction by 2050 is enough or unreasonable. We need to act decisively and we need to act now!
14
QDo you support ending the Iraq war and redirecting funds from the $500 billion annual military spending in the U.S. toward greening the U.S. economy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and converting U.S. agriculture to organic practices?
A Yes
Comment:
15
Q Do you support requiring electronic voting machines to produce voter-verified paper records and election officials to use these records to conduct mandatory audits of election results?
A Yes
Comment:
16
QDo you support eliminating the distorting effect of special interest money on our elections and politicians by requiring full public funding for all federal, state, and local elections?
A Undecided
Comment: This is my first political campaign and I don't know how I wish to approach campaign finance reform. It's a complicated issue and it's not clear to me that full public funding is the answer. It's something I am concerned about and will pay close attention to.
17
QDo you support legislation to prevent internet companies from rigging the system to serve only the highest-paying users and discriminate against users they don’t like?
A Yes
Comment: I support net neutrality.
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