Katie Porter: “it is appropriate, I believe, to highlight, as the gentleman from California does, the importance of food safety…”

“it is appropriate, I believe, to highlight, as the gentleman from California does, the importance of food safety activities conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the gentleman mentioned, the committee bill increases funding for the CDC above the President's request, including the funding for the infectious diseases program which supports CDC's food safety efforts. Mr. Chairman, we understand from the CDC that with the funds provided in the committee bill, the agency would increase funding for food safety by $10 million to a total of $14.5 million. The committee strongly supports the CDC in its efforts. The importance of food safety activities has been reinforced with recent headlines about disease outbreaks traced to food-borne infectious agents.”