Joe Pitts: “At this time, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Indiana (Mrs. Walorski).”

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

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.

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…