Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my amendment to this hazardous and radioactive bill called the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act. Now, I want this body to consider my amendment to the bill for the following reason: The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act became law in January of this year, January 4, 2011. It was necessitated by a continuing series of incidents, such as the October 2009 Stephanie Smith incident, which I will tell you a little bit about. She's a children's dance instructor from Minnesota. She became partially paralyzed from E. coli. According to a New York Times article, ``The frozen hamburgers that the Smiths ate, which were made by the food giant Cargill, were labeled `American Chef's Selection Angus Beef Patties.' Yet confidential grinding logs and other Cargill records show that the hamburgers were made from a mix of slaughterhouse trimmings and a mash-like product derived from scraps that were ground together in a plant in Wisconsin. The ingredients came from slaughterhouses in Nebraska, Texas, and Uruguay, and from a South Dakota company that processes fatty trimmings and treats them with ammonia to kill bacteria.'' Stephanie has sued Cargill, and I know that many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would want to limit her ability to recover for this injury through misguided so- called tort reform. But getting back to this matter, this amendment is simple. It would ensure that Americans have access to safe and untainted food.…”