joining me from new york is top chef, tom colicchio, part of the group that came one the new rankings thank you very much for joining us. i'm a big fan of much of your work. now this is very interesting to me, as well. the group is called food policy action. and you just announced it this week. it's organized, my understanding is, by the environmental working group and several activists and leaders of nonprofits. people who are paying attention to this for the first time may ask how does congress fit into this in terms of making a difference in how well we eat? >> sure. you know, i think this is a real values issue. if you value and want to understand sort of where your food comes from, on r really interested in food safety, if are you interested in farming families and keeping them together, if you're interested in the environment, if you're interested in labeling food, then your values are -- if you lie somewhere in there, you want to place -- a place to go to check to see if your elected representatives are voting your values. >> another thing you bring up, and i read through the r