Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am pleased that through the leadership of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions--HELP--Committee, S. 510--the Food and Drug Administration--FDA--Food Safety Modernization Act--Food Safety Act--will be taken up on the floor of the Senate. I believe that consideration of the Food Safety Act represents positive steps toward better protections for the safety of the American people. I am also pleased that a few of the provisions from my Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act--Seafood Safety Act--that I introduced on September 29, 2010, have been incorporated into S. 510. I am, however, disappointed that more of the Seafood Safety Act could not be included, and will continue to work on passage of the full bill. The Seafood Safety Act will strengthen the partnership between the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, HHS, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, the Federal Trade Commission, FTC, and other appropriate Federal agencies, to coordinate Federal activities for ensuring that commercially distributed seafood in the United States meets the food quality and safety requirements of Federal law. The bill provides for no new jurisdiction and does not alter any existing jurisdiction given to FDA or any other agency. The bill does not include any authorization of appropriations, but seeks only to strengthen existing partnerships and share information.…”