FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month by persuading fellow Republicans to pick their fights with Democrats more strategically. His rebound helped the government avoid a potential default on financial obligations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month by persuading fellow Republicans to pick their fights with Democrats more strategically. His rebound helped the government avoid a potential default on financial obligations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about the Thanksgiving holiday in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The White House said Tuesday, Nov. 27, that the president plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, following a Democratic strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2012 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations at the Capitol in Washington. There's a growing sense of resignation that the country's political leaders will be unable or unwilling to find a way around looming automatic spending cuts despite fresh signs the cuts would threaten the recovering economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2012 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, file photo, Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Financial Services Committee, about the state of the international Financial system, including international regulatory issues relevant to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Geithner said the massive bill would accomplish its primary objective of building more safeguards against the kind of financial collapse that had cost millions of jobs and sent the country into the worst recession since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, file photo, from left, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Sheila Bair talk prior to President Barack Obama delivering remarks about the home mortgage crisis, at Dobson High School in Mesa, Ariz. Under Geithner, Treasury fell far short of the administration's goals of helping up to 9 million homeowners at risk of losing homes to foreclosure. Geithner's critics say he rejected suggestions that the programs require mortgage servicers to provide loan modifications. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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FILE - In this Monday, March 30, 2009, file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, followed by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, arrive in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. The auto support effort was actually begun under the Bush administration but taken over and expanded by Obama and Geithner. Administration officials have said the effort saved more than a million jobs and came at a critical time when the economy was in severe crisis. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on AIG. Geithner and the administration endured some of their heaviest criticism for giving government bailout support outside the banking system to insurance giant American International Group.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2010, file photo Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Congressional Oversight Panel hearing on TARP. President Barack Obama has saluted the outgoing Timothy Geithner as one of the best U.S. Treasury secretaries ever. But while some say Geithner deserves credit for helping steady the banking system and restore investor confidence, his critics believe Geithner's policies consistently favored banking interests over ordinary Americans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Environmentalists push for GMO labeling in Hawaii
HONOLULU (
AP) — Environmental groups are urging Hawaii lawmakers to require all genetically modified food to carry boldface labeling.
House lawmakers were debating the bill Monday, which proposes mandatory labeling of any genetically modified agricultural commodity sold in Hawaii.
Advocates say people deserve to know whether their food is genetically modified so they can make informed choices about what to buy and eat.
Opponents argue the labels will drive up food costs and there are no nutritional differences between food grown naturally and food that has been modified.
Labeling for genetically modified food has stirred controversy in states nationwide. A ballot measure to require labeling of genetically modified food in California was defeated last November after opponents spent $46 million in negative advertising.
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