Members of Congress expected to hear constituent views on key reform initiatives

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WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have left Washington for an August recess during which they will meet with constituents on three far-reaching reform efforts: health care, climate change and food safety. The least controversial of these was the effort to enact food safety reform legislation in the fall as broad bipartisan support has emerged for strengthening the Food and Drug Administration. Debates over how best to craft climate change and health care legislation were far more contentious with Republicans and Democrats mostly at loggerheads and Democrats often sparring amongst themselves. Food industry groups have weighed in on all three reform debates.