03/04/2014
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"I want you to be able to use the authority. Sometimes there has been reluctance to use the authorities when it comes to food safety."
"Foodborne illness causes $36 billion a year in medical costs, 3,000 deaths, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 48 million foodborne illnesses every single year."
"Our inability to negotiate for better pricing is a huge issue."
"I think that robust oversight of derivatives is not overregulation. It is the right thing to do, so that we don't have the crisis that we had with Wall Street, and its hurting Main Street."