Jeff Merkley actually said...

"America has and continues to have the safest food supply in the world."

"And I think one of those areas that the funding is impacting the United States is in filling those foreign offices."

"But there is another element of the preventive controls rule--I believe it is in the preventive controls rules--that involves developing a tracking system for ingredients that go into processed foods."

"I have heard from constituents and that there are concerns that foreign businesses may not be as closely monitored as U.S. businesses."