Rosa DeLauro

Not only did the State of Michigan fail to protect its people from lead poisoning, the Government created this crisis.

I strongly oppose that idea. The threat of Ebola is not over.

I want to express my gratitude for the great work that you do and the commitment that you have to the mission of health and human services.

I believe it is exactly one year to the day since you last appeared here.

This Section 730 was all about prohibiting the purchase of poultry products from the People's Republic of China.

The fact of the matter is that it is--quite frankly, it's meaningless.

As you know, the Sacramento Bee revealed that some school districts in California were purchasing canned peaches from China in violation of the Buy American requirements for the National School Lunch Program.

I find that very, very troubling, and you can be sure that I will do my best to keep us from turning this around for the safety of the product that we feed our kids in a school lunch program or in a school breakfast program.

There are so many ways in which to avoid purchasing American products.

Direct-to-consumer advertising is absolutely linked to the increased health care costs.

I think that is a great thing. And thank you for the work you have done on menu labeling.

I strongly urge you to take this off the market until you are finished with an investigation.

You do not have the money to deal with what FSMA asked us to do and to protect the food supply coming in.

I want to make a point about FSMA, which I am a strong supporter of, et cetera.

The United States and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow direct-to-consumer drug advertising.

These are critical issues, and we don't have any other Members here.

We need to root out that fraud and abuse. We do not need to do it in a way that undermines these programs.

I believe it is the wrong direction.

We cannot expect SSA to do more with less. It can only do less with less.

We must not lose sight of the people these programs are there to help.

Mr. Chairman, can I just ask one quick follow-up before I jump out?

So we are not sure that this Committee can get a copy of it?

Can this Committee get a copy of that document?

I share similar concerns as my colleagues have expressed about the neglect and abuse of the Animal Research Center in Nebraska.

But the current practice in our trade agreements have been nothing but a detriment to American workers, American manufacturers, and yes, I would say to American farmers.