mr. schrader. mr. schrader: thank you. i guess for dr. wootan and ms. raskopf, and to everyone, obviously this rule is not ready for prime time. we have considerable discussion about what it's going to do, how it will be implemented, i understand that. although the rules have come out -- it's my understanding that there's not been a lot of guidance going on. some of you already addressed this. some of us sent a letter asking for a delay to iron out, get some more guidance before we went prime. i'm grateful for this hearing and actually for this bill so we can look at what options we may have to make this actually reasonable and work because i think like everyone testified we want to actually have good information out there for our consumers. i think that's good. that's -- but i am curious. do you think a little more time is needed? or should we just get to it and do up and down votes on this type of legislation? ms. raskopf: there's a lot of common ground with all of us. first, i think we agree an additional year is fine. we at dunkin' brands are ready

mr. schrader. mr. schrader: thank you. i guess for dr. wootan and ms.askopf, and to everyone, obviously this rule is not ready for prime time. we have considerable discussion about what it's going to do how it will be implemented, i understand that. although the rules have come out -- it's my understanding that there's not been a lot of guidance going on. some of you already addressed this. some of us sent a letter asking for a delay to iron out, get some more guidance before we went prime. i'm grateful for this hearing and actually for this bill so we can look at what options we may have to make this actually reasonable and work because i think like everyone testified, we want to actually have good information out there for our consumers. i think that's good. that's -- but i am curious. do you think a little more time is needed? or should we just get to it and do up and down votes on this type of legislation? ms. raskopf: there's a lot of common ground with all of us. first, i think we agree an additional year is fine. we at dunkin' brands are ready to

mr. schrader, for five minutes for questions. mr. schrader: my questions have been answered, mr. chairman, thank you. mr. pitts: the chair recognizes the gentlelady, ms. castor, five minutes for questions. ms. castor: i want to thank you, mr. chairman, for calling this hearing. i'd like to thank all of the first responders and survivors and the medical professionals to -- who take care of them for traveling here to capitol hill to encourage the congress provide some continuity and certainty in the world trade center health program. i'd like to thank my colleagues, especially from new jersey and new york, congressman pallone and congressman lance, you all have been champions on this committee for this endeavor, along with congresswoman clarke and congresswoman maloney. i see congressman king, i think is still here. and the entire new york delegation especially. i strongly support the james zadroga 9/11 health compensation re-authorization act because it will provide that important certainty and continuity of care from this point forward. it's interesting to see the list and unders

mr. schrader. mr. schrader: i mr. schrader: i thank the gentleman. cool was perhaps a worthwhile effort at the time but unfortunately has jouse lived its usefulness and it has started to cause irreparable harm to producers in the pacific northwest. our producers are facing serious problems, trying to work things through the packing plant. we have international trade now. we have a global market that needs to be recognized. it's harming not just canada and mexico, but pacific northwest producers. that point has to be drin home. we're facing huge retaliatory tariffs in the pacific northwest. some of our crops are wine, cherries, apples cheese potatoes. cool may have been well intended, we worked on the farm bill last go-round last year, couldn't get it done. we're facing these tariff, retaliaer to tariffs right now, let's repeal it, let's move on. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. mr. conaway: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from iowa, mr. blum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is

mr. schrader. >> thank you mr. chairman. i guess for dr. wooten and miss raskof. these rules -- and to everybody -- this rule is not ready for prime time. we have had considerable discussion how it would be implemented. i understand that. and although the rules come out -- [inaudible conversations] >> it's my understanding that there's not been a whole lot of guidance going on, and some of you already addressed this. some of us sent a letter asking for a little delay to hopefully iron out -- get more guidance before we went prime. i'm grateful for this hearing and for this bill so we can look at what options we may have to make this reasonable and work as i think like everyone testified we want to actually have good information for consumers. that's good. but i am curious. do you think a little bit more time is needed or is this -- she would just do up and down votes on this type of legislation? >> i think that there's a lot of common ground here with all of us, and i i think we can focus on that. i think we agree that an additional year is fine. we at dunkin' is

mr. schrader. >> my questions have been answered mr. chairman, thank you. >> then the chair recognized gentlemen mr. caster, five minutes for questions. >> thank you mr. chairman, for calling this hearing. and i would like to thank all of the first responders and survivors in the medical -- and the medical professionals and for traveling home run to capitol hill to provide some continuity and the center in the world trade center health program. i would like to thank my colleagues especially from new jersey and new york, congressman palone and lance you all have been champions on this committee on this endeavor along with congresswoman clark and maloney and i think congressman king is still here and the entire new york delegation especially. i strongly support the james dad rogua 9/11 health and compensation act because it will provide that important certainty and continuity of care going forward. and it is interesting to see the list and understand there are first responders and survivors from the world trade center attacks all across a

mr. schrader, for five minutes for questions. mr. schrader: my questions have been answered, mr. chairman, thank you. mr. pitts: the chair recognizes the gentlelady, ms. castor, five minutes for questions. ms. castor: i want to thank you, mr. chairman for calling this hearing. i'd like to thank all of the first responders and survivors and the medical professionals to take care of them for traveling here to capitol hill to encourage the congress provide some continuity and certainty in the world trade center health program. i'd like to thank my colleagues especially from new jersey and new york, congressman pallone and congressman lance, you all have been champions on this committee for this, along with congresswoman clarke and congresswoman maloney. i see congressman king, i think is still here. and the entire new york delegation especially. i strongly support the james zadroga 9/11 health compensation re-authorization act because it will provide that important certainty and continuity of care from this point forward. it's interesting to see the list and understand that there ar

welsh kilmer, and schrader, to secretary burwell, without objection, it will be entered in the record. and chair recognizes the gentle lady from illinois for question. >> thank you mr. chairman. there's a little bit of deja vu for me. my career, it seems -- no offense, starteded in the grocery store 45 years ago when a small group of housewives wanted to know how old our food was because everything was code dated. and we did -- we found things in the grocery stores dates weeks, years beyond the dates. now everybody looks at the dates. i like to watch people check the the milk dates which they do. maybe he should. maybe we all should. and i would to suggest in terms of pizza. if there were a board that said on a slice of pizza this is how much sausage adds to the slice, this is how much pepperoni adds to the slice? i can figure out if i get a sausage or pepperoni pizza or if there's a difference at all. this is not hard. and i'm sorry it's not hard to list the additions na you have on a pizza so i can check and see which is the better choice if the i'm watching calories. there may be a genter difference here, too. i don't know a woman who doesn't look at the calorie