Jason Chaffetz: “The SCRUB Act is not going to take away the entire FDA. Our food, and the people that work at the FDA, the food safety…”

“The SCRUB Act is not going to take away the entire FDA. Our food, and the people that work at the FDA, the food safety is an important part of the function that they hold. But I would appreciate anybody to have us understand--we actually, through the staff, read this report from George Mason University. In February of 2014 they wrote a really good report, ``The Consequences of Regulatory Accumulation and a Proposed Solution.'' I just want to highlight one of the examples of something that is still on the books. The Food and Drug Administration has been creating rules since its inception in 1906. There is still a regulation on the FDA's books that governs the width of strings in canned string beans. That is still on the books. You are breaking the law if you go past this regulation. This is the kind of stuff that should be out of there because, you know what, there is some entrepreneur, there is some business that has the liability now hanging over their head. In 1906, somehow, somebody thought that was a good rule, but it is not anymore. It is unnecessary. It is burdensome. It is still on the books. Let's have a bipartisan group of people look at this and go find the width of string beans and get rid of that regulation. What is wrong with that? That is what the SCRUB Act does. That is what Jason Smith is talking about. There are other examples. It was just, I believe, according to The Wall Street Journal, the EPA had saccharine, was treated as a dangerous chemical.…”