Joe Pitts: “At this time I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Rehberg).”

The jurisdictional grab serves only to shield catfish farmers against competition at the expense of U.S. consumers.

It seems illogical that the USDA would be given the exclusive authority to oversee and regulate catfish only while the FDA regulates all other seafood.

Explicitly creating a program exclusively for catfish seems to be unnecessary, and it directs resources away from high-risk foods.

It is unfortunate that we have a Congress of the United States, the majority parties that want to just tear down this law.