mr. stupak. i wish you the best. the chairman of the full committee, mr. walton, for the purpose of an opening statement. thank you, mr. chairman. enjoyed serving with you when i get all the oversight work and it's good to see you here. i take this issue very personally. in february 2009, the subcommittee held hearings on nationwide outbreaks of salmonella related illnesses linked to products from the peanut corporation of america. one of the witnesses at the hearing was peter hurley from wilsonville, oregon. when peter's 3-year-old son jake became sick, doctors recommended to give him his favorite fruit to encourage them to eat. jake's favorite food was boston brand peanut butter crackers. tragically that turned out to be the very thing placing him. when they tested the crackers, three of the six packages containing peanut butter contaminated by salmonella. jake came ill or stuart parnell, ceo of dca knew that the peanut products were contaminated with salmonella when he told the plant manager to quote, turn them loose. at the same hearing, i confronted m

mr. stupak for his attendance. it's great to see you back and wish you the best. now the chair would recognize the chairman of the full committee mr. waldon for the purposes of an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. bart, good to see you again and i enjoyed working with you when we did the oversight work and good to see you here. i take this issue personally. in february of 2009 this subcommittee held hearings on nationwide outbreaks of salmonella-related products. one of the witnesses at that hearing was peter hurley from wilsonville, oregon. when peter's then 3-year-old son jake became sick doctors recommended they give him his favorite food just to encourage him to eat. jake's favorite food was austin brand peanut butter crackers. tragically, that turned out to be the very thing that was poisoning him. when oregon state officials tested the crackers, three of the six packages contained peanut butter contaminated by salmonella. jake became ill because stewart parnell, the ceo of pca, knew that the peanut products were c contaminated with salmonella whe