Frank Pallone actually said...

"Food safety is and should be a bipartisan issue, and I hope we in this committee will continue to do what we can to support progress in the modernization of our food safety system."

"I am concerned that you will have a hard time making full use of them without added resources."

"the absence of user fee revenue affect the agency's ability to continue to implement FSMA?"

"I hope that we can work together after today to ensure that our committee puts forth a strong bipartisan reauthorization bill."