and now we will go to mr. cobbs. mr. obbs, if i were a member right, you are from ottawa up near sioux city. >> yes, sir. , i represent sioux city area. >> and you're the chairman of the i've autism council. the father of a nine year-old boy with autism, noah, i understand your wife is with you. >> she is in the audience keymac okay. and two other children, even, 16 in sydney, eight. and you were here at our last hearing, would you a couple years ago? >> i was in the audience of the last hearing, and then have been involved in the telehealth project with a young boy, noah, right? >> yes. >> i'm interested in what's happened in the last couple of years. welcome to the committee, please proceed. >> thanks for having me. good morning, mr. chairman and members of this distant whoosh committee. my name is josh concert on the chairperson of the eye with autism council, and most importantly a parent of a child with autism. i spent over seven years trying to better the lives of individuals and families affected by autism. through

mr. cobb's.i come from a rural state, and we don't have a lot of the access to facilities that people in urban areas do. finally, i became more interested -- more attuned to the issue of autism a few years ago. families with young children are at their wits' end. they do not know what to do. there are some residential programs for traditional things you're talking about. correct me if i'm wrong, and i think there is evidence that the earlier you get to these kids and provide them with supportive services, interventions by trained people that know what they're doing, that they really do get over a lot of these things. they get over a lot of the problems -- the earlier you get to them, the more effective it is. how you do -- how you get to them if you're living in at no. what, oxford, or someplace like that? this project of looking at telehealth, and you can get together with a group of professionals early on with high-speed internet, it is like your in the doctor's office, it is like you are right

now we will go to mr. cobbs. if i remember right, you are from iowa, of near sioux city. you or the chairman of the iowa autism council, the father of a nine year-old boy, no, with autism. i understand your wife, tina, is with you. >> you have two other children, and you were here at our last hearing a couple of years ago. >> i was in the audience at the last hearing. >> i am interested in what has happened in the last couple of years, so welcome to the committee, and please proceed. >> thank you for having me. good morning, mr. chairman, and members of this distinguished committee. high and the chairperson of the iowa autism council. i am the parent of a child with autism. i spent over seven years trying to better the lives of individuals and families affected by autism through insurance and education reforms. when i was last in front of this distinguished committee, spoke of the successful and cost- efficient service is my son received. these services were provided in my home in iowa from professionals in florida through the celeste foundations federally sponsored natio

now we will go to mr. cobbs. if i remember right, you are from iowa, of near sioux city. you or the chairman of the iowa autism council, the father of a nine year-old boy, no, with autism. i understand your wife, tina, is with you. >> you have two other children, and you were here at our last hearing a couple of years ago. >> i was in the audience at the last hearing. >> i am interested in what has happened in the last couple of years, so welcome to the committee, and please proceed. >> thank you for having me. good morning, mr. chairman, and members of this distinguished committee. high and the chairperson of the iowa autism council. i am the parent of a child with autism. i spent over seven years trying to better the lives of individuals and families affected by autism through insurance and education reforms. when i was last in front of this distinguished committee, spoke of the successful and cost- efficient service is my son received. these services were provided in my home in iowa from professionals in florida through the celeste foundations federally sponsored natio

mr. copps. -- cobbs.ou are from iowa. >> i am from the sioux city area. >> you are the father of nine- year old boy with autism. your wife, tina is with you, and two children. you were here at our last hearing, a couple of years ago? >> i was. >> and you were involved with a project with a young boy. i am interested in with what has happened. welcome to the committee. >> fate you for having me. good morning. my name is joshua cobbs, a parent of a child with autism. i spent over seven years trying to better the lives of individuals with autism through insurance and regulation reforms. the last time here i spoke about the service is my son received using telehealth technology. these services were provided to my home in iowa st. in national research project. we are one of 15 families that participated in this demonstration across the nation. in the model, after a phase of on-site face-to-face training, crucial to build a 30 relationship, which were linked to professionals by a system that enabled life traini

mr. cobb's. i come from a rural state, and we don't have a lot of the access to facilities that people in urban areas do. finally, i became more interested -- more attuned to the issue of autism a few years ago. families with young children are at their wits' end. they do not know what to do. there are some residential programs for traditional things you're talking about. correct me if i'm wrong, and i think there is evidence that the earlier you get to these kids and provide them with supportive services, interventions by trained people that know what they're doing, that they really do get over a lot of these things. they get over a lot of the problems -- the earlier you get to them, the more effective it is. how you do -- how you get to them if you're living in at no. what, oxford, or someplace like that? this project of looking at telehealth, and you can get together with a group of professionals early on with high-speed internet, it is like your in the doctor's office, it is like you are righ

mrs. kelley cobb. welcome, ms. cobb. kelley cobb is a survivor of e-coli poisoning. has come here today to share her story with us. her husband, matt cobb, serves in the united states marines. and their parents of two young children. mr. scott porsfall is a chief executive officer of the california leafy green's marketing board. mr. horsefall has served as chairman of the united states agriculture allege export development council, a member of the agricultural and past i want of the produce international trade conference. mr. dale coke. welcome, mr. horsefall and mr. coke. welcome. mr. coke is a farmer and a member of the community alliance with family farmers. mr. coke is also the founder and president of coke farm, a produce cooling, storage and shipping company, located in san juan batista sta, california, which o represents local organic california growers and selling throughout the u.s. and canada. he's also a partner in jardines, a diversified organic farming operation growing on approximately 500 acres in monte ray and san bo any to. he pioneered spring mix le

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mrs. kelley cobb. welcome, ms. cobb. kelley cobb is a survivor of e-coli poisoning.and has come here today to share her story with us. her husband, matt cobb, serves in the united states marines. and their parents of two young children.@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shipping company, located in san juan batista sta, california, which o represents local organic california growers and selling throughout the u.s. and canada. he's also a partner in jardines, a diversified organic farming operation growing on approximately 500 acres in monte ray and san bo any to. he pioneered spring mix lettuce and was instrumental in developing its market. ms. caroline smith tuwall, welcome. duval. she's, director of food science at the center to have science in the public interest, a leading cobb assumer analyst on reform of law and regulations governing good safety. since 1999 she maintains annually published list of food-bourn illness outbreaks organized by food source that now contain over 15 years of outbreak reports and has presented at numerous conferences. she's the co-author of the book