Joe Pitts: “A number of people have an instinctive distrust of food that has been genetically modified, and are asking questions…”

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

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

The catfish inspection program is critical to public health.