Joe Pitts: “I commend my colleague Mr. Pallone for his wise counsel and leadership.”

It is embarrassing that in the most capable country in the world, in the most powerful elected bodies in the world that we effectively have done almost nothing to improve the health care of Americans since this law has been passed.

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…

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

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