Joe Pitts: “At this time, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlelady from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the vice chairman of…”

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.

Today's hearing will be taking a close look at the United States Preventive Services Task Force, created in 1984 as an independent, volunteer panel of 16 national experts in prevention, primary care, and evidence-based medicine and tasked…

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

The catfish inspection program is critical to public health.