We cannot keep saying these things if we don't really know.
But, certainly, Mr. Pacelle, you would also agree that if a cow is going down a chute and trips...
we need a 'no downer' policy--as you said, Mr. Chairman, that's a bright-line policy that doesn't allow any of these ani...
the fact remains, there are rules in place to protect the safety of food.
This incident raises numerous questions that I hope the Department of Agriculture can answer for us today.
I think there's some confusion.
I think the public requires it.
we had to recall 143 million pounds of beef, because we don't really know.
I think what we know is that the company did not call any veterinarian, did not call for veterinarian inspections after ...
I think that's a very poor requirement.
If you are there, Mr. Secretary, saying, 'Absolutely, that meat was all okay for everyone to eat,' then I've got to ask,...
I think we have to be careful that everything on that video doesn't show animals that went into the food supply.
the idea that somehow you can detect an acute physical injury by a broken leg, and say that's the sole reason that the a...
Thank you to Chairman Kohl and Ranking Member Bennett for holding this timely hearing on the Hallmark/Westland meat reca...
But the fact is, that we don't know if these animals that were portrayed on this video were, indeed, sick or not.
I believe that the schoolchildren who are eating this must know that rules count, that rules matter.
Do you need 500 more inspectors, or not?
We can't just rely upon the company.