Joe Pitts: “At this time I would like to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey, (Mr. Lance), a member of the Health…”

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

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.

This seems to smack of food politics, not public health.