mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i thank the distinguished the gentleman from michigan who is leaving us at the end of this congress for his outstanding leadership and chairman of the oversight subcommittee and the outstanding work he did so we can pass this legislation. at this time i yield to the distinguished the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro 1 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this continuing resolution and especially the food safety provision. they represent a good first step in reforming our food safety system and reducing foodborne illness. this house passed much stronger food safety legislation in july, 2009. the bill before us today still includes critical reform and deserves our support. it provides the f.d.a. with several authorities that will help the agency better prevent food-borne illness, including increased inspection to inspect records relating to recalls, t

mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous matter into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i now yield to the distinguished chairman to the committee of energy and commerce, mr. waxman, four minutes to speak on behalf of the legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, is recognized for four minutes. mr. waxman: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. dingell, i appreciate you yielding to me. i want to commend you, representative delauro, congressman pallone and stupak, mr. barton, mr. shimkus and former representative deal for the work on this legislation. for a third time today the house considers legislation that will dramatically improve the safety of our nation's food supply. the house first passed this bill in july, 2009, on a strong bipartisan vote with 283 supporters. on november 30 of this

mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i thank the distinguished the gentleman from michigan who is leaving us at the end of this congress for his outstanding leadership and chairman of the oversight subcommittee and the outstanding work he did so we can pass this legislation. at this time i yield to the distinguished the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro 1 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this continuing resolution and especially the food safety provision. they represent a good first step in reforming our food safety system and reducing foodborne illness. this house passed much stronger food safety legislation in july, 2009. the bill before us today still includes critical reform and deserves our support. it provides the f.d.a. with several authorities that will help the agency better prevent food-borne illness, including increased inspection to inspect records relating to recalls, t

mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i thank the distinguished the gentleman from michigan who is leaving us at the end of this congress for his outstanding leadership and chairman of the oversight subcommittee and the outstanding work he did so we can pass this legislation. at this time i yield to the distinguished the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro 1 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this continuing resolution and especially the food safety provision. they represent a good first step in reforming our food safety system and reducing foodborne illness. this house passed much stronger food safety legislation in july, 2009. the bill before us today still includes critical reform and deserves our support. it provides the f.d.a. with several authorities that will help the agency better prevent food-borne illness, including increased inspection to inspect records relating to recalls, t

mr. dingell: why is it here? it's substantially the same as the bill passed by the hoss and substantially the same as that passed by the senate. it cures the weak thovepbs food and drug administration and the fact that about a third to a quarter of our food is imported from abroad where there's no real protection for american consumers. some 5,000 americans die every year of bad food, 300,000 go to the hospital and 77 million get sick. this bill gives the food and drug administration the authority to do what needs to be done. if we do not pass this legislation, we'll find that legislation like this cannot come to the floor before late in the spring or in the summer of next year. i urge my colleagues to respect the problems that we have, see to it that americans are protected against unsafe food coming in from china. milk with mel mean, unsafe -- with melamine, unsafe strawberries, unsafe fruits and vegetables, unsafe fish and seafood and shellfish, all manner of unsafe food is being brought in and sold to the ame

representatives, including the chairman, many chairmen over the years, including barton, dingell, waxman, and boucher and mr. upton who was also chairman of this subcommittee. also want to thank this congress' lead sponsor and hardworking member of the energy and commerce committee, my good friend, eliot engel from new york. i support this legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. boucher: madam speaker, at this time i'm pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, the chief sponsor of the house companion measure. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: i thank my friend from virginia for yielding to me. i want to thank my friend from florida, mr. stearns, for his kind words and also the kind words of the gentleman from virginia. and i rise today in strong support of my legislation, the truth in caller i.d. act. this is about as bipartisan as a bill can be. we have passed this bill several times in the house only to have it not move through the other body. and i'm delighted that