"The dollar amount is $4.6 billion, which is in the legislation."
"If you do not have access to a grocery store, you do not have access to fruits and vegetables and nutritious food."
"I know with the Food Safety Working Group, one of the key recommendations was to focus on the need to give FDA and FSIS improved statutory authorities."
"I want public-private partnerships for infrastructure."
"I think it is important to note that it seems to me anyway that USDA is aggressively encouraging the Chinese to seek equivalency determination for the slaughter operations."
"Mandatory recall, Mr. Secretary."
"I for one do not understand why FSIS is exempted from this particularly, as I see, it comes out of the recommendation of a group that is moving this initiative forward."
"I strongly support HACCP. I do. But I think that we have gone too far in removing FSIS inspectors from the active role they had prior to HACCP."
"What are you doing about this?"
"I am delighted that you are looking at what it takes to make available a healthy lunch for our kids."
"my understanding is that, just to add to what Congressman Farr is saying, that there are findings in a USDA report that found that WIC is paying $127 million more annually for infant formula under the..."