We cannot keep saying these things if we don't really know.
But, certainly, Mr. Pacelle, you would also agree that if a cow is going down a chute and trips...
we need a 'no downer' policy--as you said, Mr. Chairman, that's a bright-line policy that doesn't allow any of these ani...
the fact remains, there are rules in place to protect the safety of food.
This incident raises numerous questions that I hope the Department of Agriculture can answer for us today.
Let me ask, let me delve a little further.
Do you need 500 more inspectors, or not?
I believe that the schoolchildren who are eating this must know that rules count, that rules matter.
But the fact is, that we don't know if these animals that were portrayed on this video were, indeed, sick or not.
I think there's some confusion.
We can't just rely upon the company.