Well, what happened then?

I would like to request that you make those available to this committee.

Food safety in America has too often become a hit or miss gamble.

Are you telling me that FDA knew that there was this plant in Texas that was not being inspected by the Texas Department of Agriculture?

It seems the two of them together really does cry out for some kind of better coordination, stiffening our laws.

I am going to write a formal letter to you at CDC outlining this and asking how you would structure such a system and when it could be implemented, how much would it cost, do you have the wherewithal to do it.

Maybe we just need one single food safety agency.

Well, I don't know. I am not certain I have a firm view on that myself, either.

I think one of the things, we have got to close that loophole on requirement of reporting of internal findings of pathogens.

I will tell you, it is getting more and more around the country.

Right there, now they did not have to report to the FDA the findings of salmonella.

If confirmed as Secretary of Defense, I will do my utmost to strengthen the Department's financial management and internal controls designed to prevent fraud.

Maybe we have got to change the way we think about the classroom.

I think we have an opportunity--at least I hope we do--of really making some changes in the kind of foods our kids eat in school.

I thought this was a great discussion.

What do you guys think about school-based healthcare and dental care in general?

The one on medical school, on helping medical students who want to go into primary care, forgiving their debts, loans, and stuff so that they have that incentive I think is something that we have to look at.

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