Joe Pitts: “The chair thanks the gentleman and now recognizes the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, 5 minutes for questions.”

It is unfortunate that we have a Congress of the United States, the majority parties that want to just tear down this law.

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.

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

The catfish inspection program is critical to public health.