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Collin Peterson: “I, as well, want to commend the gentleman from California and the gentleman from Mississippi for their willingness to…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2007
I, as well, want to commend the gentleman from California and the gentleman from Mississippi for their willingness to work with us on this issue, as well as the ranking member. We, on the committee, have an investigator that does work for us. And this last year he went out and traveled around the country, talked to a lot of folks involved in this area. And we have some troubling feedback that we got in that report. And I think it's appropriate that we all that are involved in this get together and have hearings to get to the bottom of this to make sure that we not only are securing our borders, but we also are doing the best job that we can to make sure that the food coming into this country is secure and safe and the process is not overly bureaucratic. So I thank the gentlemen for their leadership and look forward to working with all of them on this issue as we go forward.
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Collin Peterson
Minnesota
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Discussing the need for hearings on food safety and border security.

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