mr. whitfield, mr. jackey and i have been friends for three decades and it gives me pain to have to disagree withhim but virtually everything he has mistaken. we need to remember that fda has absolute authority to require that all food placed on the market in the united states be safe. that's all the authority they need. it doesn't matter what process is used. if it's food on the market, fda has the authority to ensure that it is safe. the other thing to remember is that this category of gmos or gn food is gays owned a def notwithstanding that is at odd as the facts as we fine them. this is an artificial category. there is no meaningful basis distinguish genetically modified organisms from others than others because agency on earth is genetically modified. there's no correlation between the products of the most modern plant breeding technologies in any hazard or food safety risks. these things have an unblemished safety record. we know what causes safety problems in the in the consumption of food and it

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mr.: thank chairman. i yield back. chairman whitfield: recognize john from texas, representative olson, for five minutes. rep. olson: ms. mccabe, welcome back. we know much of the ozone america is beyond our control. epa calls this background ozone. some of this ozone is natural. here. a slide this was houston. ozone. that is not our some belongs to mexico. --get it to cause of annual we get it because of annual crops of earnings. -- crop burnings. i have another poster. the last time ms. mcarthur was here, i showed her this snap of ozone pouring into america from china and asia. in your proposal, you admit that ozone from mexico and china can be a huge problem. ,our rules says, and i quote there are times when ozone levels approach or exceed the concentration levels eating proposed -- being proposed in large part due to background sources. texas, iteadville, makes us violate your new rules. that seems very unfair, ma'am. my first question is, is it true the nearly one half of ozone america is here naturally or comes from overseas? i don