Joseph Pitts actually said...

"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."

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

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

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