Joe Pitts: “I withdraw my reservation and rise in opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Emerson). The reservation…”

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

Parity means that insurers need to treat copayments, treatment limits, prior authorization for mental health, substance use disorder the same way they treat for physical health care.

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.

In 2008, Congress passed a bill requiring most group health plans to provide more generous coverage for treatment of mental illnesses.