Joe Pitts: “The most recent 1-year extension override comes at a price of $25.2 billion.”

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

Both the FDA and the General Accountability Office agree that there is no food safety justification for this regulatory divide.

Because of the Affordable Care Act, now over 20 million people in this country who were in that situation literally overnight are no longer in that situation.

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.