Joe Pitts: “A father from my district wrote me, distraught, about his daughter's work hours being cut to 28 hours a week.”

The catfish inspection program is critical to 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.

I thank my colleague, Rep. Pete Olson, for sponsoring this important legislation which will be welcome news for the over 100,000,000 people afflicted with diabetes or pre-diabetes.

I applaud the co-sponsors for working through the committee to address serious stakeholder concerns by taking a new approach in the draft we are discussing today.