Joe Pitts: “Today's Health Subcommittee hearing will examine the legislation authored by our colleague, Rep. Tim Murphy, H.R. 2646.”

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

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 catfish inspection program is critical to public health.

Because of the Affordable Care Act, now over 20 million people in this country who were in that situation literally overnight are no longer in that situation.