Chairman Pryor and Ranking Member Blunt: The Alliance for a Stronger FDA respectfully requests that the subcommittee recognize the critical role and expanding public health mission of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Allowing horse slaughter to resume will only bring the well documented abuse to U.S. soil at great expense to the horses and the American public.

The REAP program was created in the 2002 farm bill and it has been a huge success.

Rising oil and distillate prices have made this program even more important.

Chairman Pryor and Ranking Member Blunt, I am David Terry, Executive Director of the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), and I am testifying in support of funding for the energy title of the farm bill.

The fact that the very agency that will be tasked with overseeing horse slaughter facilities if they reopen has firmly articulated the importance of keeping this costly and inhumane industry out of the United States weighs overwhelmingly…

I appreciate the working relationship that we have developed over the last few years, and I look forward to continuing that work with you.

I look forward to working with you. This was a great hearing.

Compounding pharmacies are a very important piece of the puzzle, and certainly we want those drugs to be as safe as they can be, just like all drugs.

I, like everyone else in the country, certainly on this subcommittee is very, very concerned about the fungal meningitis outbreak.

We just understand the circumstances, and I think everybody understands the circumstances we are in.