Joe Pitts: “That is all this bill is designed to do- create a level playing field.”

The time of 10 o'clock having arrived, I will call this subcommittee meeting to order.

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

Explicitly creating a program exclusively for catfish seems to be unnecessary, and it directs resources away from high-risk foods.

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