Joe Pitts: “As a veteran I appreciate the efforts of Mr. Kinzinger and Mrs. Capps and others in this commonsense and very bipartisan…”

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

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.

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

The catfish inspection program is critical to public health.