congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers and congresswoman loretta sanchez have introduced legislation that would exempt most non- restaurant food retail establishments from having to comply with the new rules congressman joe pitts of pennsylvania chairs this house energy and commerce subcommittee on health. hearing on health. >> gentlemen take your seats and we will get started here. the subcommittee comes to order and the chair will recognize for statement. we will examine the costly burdening regulations regarding menu labeling requirements as proposed by the administration and scheduled to be implemented by december 1 2015. the subject of the hearing, hr 2017, the common sense nutrition disclosure act is sponsored by our subcommittee colleague and republican conference chair kathy mcmorris rogers and loretta sanchez. the legislation helps small businesses owners, and consumers who want easy access to accurate accurate. it will be subject to a process to avoid violation and possible criminal prosecution. hr 2017 seeks to improve the clarify the final rule made by the food and drug admini

mcmorris rodgers: i thank loretta sanchez.ur joint efforts to clarify these regulations and represent the needs of america's small business owners are critical. i thank chairman up ton and the 40 bipartisan members who have agreed to co-sponsor. h.r. 2017 is simple. clarify ut intent of this nearly 400-page regulation so businesses can comply with it and consumers can have access to information. we have met with stakeholders and other member offices on all sides of this issue more than 20 times and asked how we can improve this legislation. something that we have heard again and again is that the 50% revenue trigger of what defines a restaurant is not fair. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the national restaurant association to congress on april 28 that only discusses the 50% revenue exemption. mr. pitts: without objection. so ordered. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: these concerns have been heard and i intend to move them through committee markup. i hope we can discuss the merits of this important legisl

chairman, and i do look at the calorie counts and my democrat colleague and i loretta sanchez share nat in command, we're wire trying to do and working with everyone to accomplish the goal of providing this information in a common sense way and that's the purpose of the legislation to accomplish the goal of the calorie count inside a common sense way, and i appreciate everyone being here today. i wanted to start with miss hubbard. you and almost 300 stores. that? >> yes, ma'am. >> did you purchase them all at once? >> no. we have been in business for 15 years, and we have built some in 1970 that have evolved and morphed. we acquired many stores and our construction mold has changed. >> are they exactly the same on the inside. >> none of them do. >> >> host: you sell the exact same stuff. >> no because we have -- we are operating in four states and different markets and the consumers demands competition would merit different servings at different stores. >> is so it possible you night need to design, guy install david menu board at each location? >> essentially every single location. >>

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my democrat colleague and i, loretta sanchez, share that in common and why we're working with everyone to accomplish the goal of pro-- providing information in a commonsense way. that's the purpose of the legislation is to accomplish the goal of the calorie counts in a commonsense way. i appreciate everyone being here today. wanted to start with ms. hubbard. i understand you own almost 300 stores is that correct? ms. hubbard: yes, ma'am. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: did you purchase them all at once? ms. hubbard: no, we built some in 1970 that have evolved and morphed, we have acquired many stores and our construction model as changed. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: are they the same on the inside? ms. hubbard: no. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: do they sell the same things? ms. hubbard: no. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: is it possible you might need to design, buy and install a different menu board at every location? ms. hubbard: every single location. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: how much do you think it will cost you? ms. hubbard: we think it will easily hit a million dollars for all our locations. mrs. mcmorris rodg

and i must admit, i too do look at the calorie counts, and my democrat colleague and i, loretta sanchez i think probably share that in common is what we're trying to do and why we've been working with everyone to accomplish the goal of providing this information in a common sense way. that's the purpose of the legislation, to accomplish the goal of the kol ree counts in a common sense way. i appreciate everyone being here today. wanted to start with miss hub bard. i understand you own almost 300 stores. is that correct? >> yes, man'am. >> did you purchase them at once? >> no we been in business for 15 years. we've built some in 1970. we acquired many stores and our krurks model has changed. >> are they exactly the same on the inside? >> none of them. >> do do you sell the exact same stuff? >> no because we are operating in four states and different markets, and the consumer's demand and competition would merit different servings at different stores. >> so it possible you may need to buy design and install a different menu board at each location? >> essentially every single location yes,

loretta sanchez. our joint efforts to clarify these regulations and represent the needs of america's small business owners are critical. i thank chairman upton and the 40 bipartisan members who have agreed to co-sponsor. h.r. 2017 is simple. clarify the intent of this nearly 400-page regulation so businesses can comply with it and consumers can have access to helpful calorie information. my staff and i have met with stakeholders and other member offices on all sides of this issue more than 20 times and asked how we can improve this legislation. something that we have heard again and again is that the 50% revenue trigger of what defines a restaurant is not fair. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the national restaurant association to congress on april 28 that only discusses the 50% revenue exemption. mr. pitts: without objection. so ordered. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: these concerns have been heard and i intend to move them through committee markup. i hope we can discuss the m

the members, kidding around, but the guys on the field and the girls, loretta sanchez on the democratic side they take it seriously. and they play very hard. we've had several people broken legs, broken wrist. >> i saw tim holden and bill jefferson collided looking up at a fly ball. jefferson had a concussion. but tim holden actually lost all of his front teeth and broke his nose and chipped a bone in his teeth and had to have his nose redone and fix his teeth. he was good looking after the game. >> did they ever play again? >> yeah, they played the next year. >> when i was pitching the a congressman from florida he kept crowding the plate at me. not that i can throw fast but i fired one inside, and i broke his wrist. he didn't crowd the plate anymore. >> have you heard from leadership about tonight's game? any pressure from them? >> you know they all come. nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, jim clyburn. >> our starring second baseman. >> all right. >> i will tell you that kevin and john, the speaker, they're getting antsy they're tired of having to watch mike hold up the trophy the next day. >

loretta sanchez of california mrs. davis of california messrs. langevin, larsen of washington, cooper ms. bordallo, mr. courtney, ms. tsongas, messrs. garamendi, johnson of georgia, ms. speier, mr. castro of texas and ms. duckworth. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will announce the appointment of additional conferees at a subsequent time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. and include extraneous material on consideration of h.r. 2822. and that i may include tab lar material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 333 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2822. the chair appoints the gentleman from louisiana, mr. graves, to preside over the committee of the whole.