It has done nothing but create more and more uncertainty.

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

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

The majority of the people don't want it.

Clearly that is not right.

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

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.

taxpayer funded ads attacking our products is unacceptable.

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.

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.

Americans deserve an efficient and effective government that works for them.