Earlier this year, many of my colleagues and I stood on this floor condemning abortionist Kermit Gosnell for his barbaric murder of babies born alive during attempted abortions. Instead of providing compassionate care for these precious…

I would like to ask this House, indeed ask the American people: Do you believe your taxpayer dollars should be used to fund racism? Do you think your hard-earned taxpayer dollars should be used to target minority communities? Mr. Speaker…

And, Mr. Taylor, under FSMA the ability to enforce those standards is going to, in large part, rely on the certification of those who are importing food that their providers, their foreign suppliers, are in compliance.

Mr. Taylor, thank you.

Passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in 2010 gave your agency significant new responsibilities.

Again, thank you for your testimony. Thank you for the way that you have answered questions today and have presented testimony.

The word 'audit' has a different meaning than the word 'inspect.' Is that true?

If I can respond to that before Dr. Ostroff speaks, in the world I come from in Kansas, the rumor of food disease or animal-borne diseases causes dramatic consequences to farmers, to ranchers. It does not take an actual case. Just the…

this will continue to be a priority certainly of mine and I think of this subcommittee.

Americans expect that the food they purchase at a grocery store or restaurant will be safe.

the goal is to make improvements in cooperation with the regulated.

We need to really focus on that, what patients want, rather than how we are just putting information into a system.

how has it been allocated. Is it across food safety inspections, foodborne disease surveillance, detection?

we are interested in reviewing and reprioritizing based upon what the needs are of FDA and others.

Agriculture remains one of the bright spots in our nation's economy, supporting more than 16 million jobs nationwide.

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 15, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I appreciate the remarks of my esteemed colleague of Tennessee, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He has the knowledge and relationships in the Senate to make the case he just made. I wish to just briefly address what I see…

You answered the question better than I asked it, and I think that is the assurance that they were having to hear.