Rosa DeLauro

As President Obama has said, the budget you consider is about more than numbers. It is about our values and what sort of future we want to give to our children.

You need to stop repealing--trying to repeal the bill. Fifty-one times now, I think, you know? They say 'insanity' is repetition over and over and over again.

Thank you for all that you have done and are continuing to do to implement the Affordable Care Act, which, in fact, is a transformative law for American families.

I just want to say--and Mr. Chairman, Dr. Harris--it would seem from the commentary, and it is not there because manmade is out there.

Let me ask about next-generation anthrax. Where are we with anthrax?

So we are a ways away from clinical trials, and then we are a ways away from the clinical trials until----

If the allocation to this subcommittee does not increase substantially in the next go-around, that we will not be able--

I do hope the industry partners will recognize that we have been steadfast supporters of their efforts as well.

It is not doing more with less. It is doing less with less.

The fact is, is that over the past decade, we have seen a real cut of about 42 percent, $465,000,000, to CDC if you count for inflation, et cetera, for State and local agencies over this last 10 years.

As Congresswoman DeLauro pointed out, we were about to go into the abyss because we no longer were going to be able to tap supplemental and advance appropriations

I think there are serious questions as to whether the vast resources that are dedicated to these programs are being spent in the most efficient manner to protect the public health.

There have been some successes. Flu, for example.

I want to thank our witnesses for their insights and their expertise that they will share with us this morning.

I think it is probably of the Appropriations subcommittees... the place where there is such a broad spectrum of what affects people's lives every single day.

I do welcome both of you. It is a fabulous committee.

How many years away are we from this? Just, and I am not--this is not an----

Eight to 1. Thank you.

On December 7th, I presented at a meeting held by Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman from the Greater New Haven area in Wallingford.

We need to know on this committee what is required to ensure the public health of this country domestically, internationally, and how overwhelmed your agency may be if this committee doesn't do something about the resources that it…

The fact that different supply chains pose different levels of risk in our food supply must be part of the guiding principle that the FDA works with.

I remain very concerned about the impact of the final rules on diversified small food producers.

Some of the FDA estimates have said that the cost to comply with this proposed produce rule for farms with less than $250,000 of annual revenue will face over $22,000 in compliance costs.

I represent a lot of farmers, and I know I can say that I have never met a farmer who does not take very seriously their responsibility to produce good, safe food for consumers.

I authored the menu labeling rule, and it became part of the ACA, and it was to include movie theaters, chains--