We have, unfortunately, lost the confidence of the American people as a Congress.

I would dispute the fact that we have been told that this is an exercise in futility or an unnecessary hearing.

I think there are several doctors here and doctors across the country that clearly oppose it.

This is a law that the American people did not ask for, they didn't want, and they can't afford.

It has done nothing but create more and more uncertainty.

The majority of the people don't want it.

One of the primary reasons I chose to run for Congress two years ago is that I discovered that people had lost faith in the federal government.

It is no doubt more difficult in today's society with all the things that have been mentioned here to create a business. And as a country, we need to be moving in exactly the opposite direction.

A simplistic approach of targeting one industry for a complicated issue like obesity simply will not work.

How demoralized do your workers feel when this current administration puts out stimulus money in the name of job creation and then your workers see ads on TV attacking the very product that they produce and count on for their livelihood?

The reality of what is happening today is that this idea of an efficient, effective government that should work for us is actually working against us.

taxpayer funded ads attacking our products is unacceptable.