and the payment for those services, it means that we're answering the question who decides about what kind of care patients receive by saying that the answer to that ought to be washington d.c., and i simply reject that that's where those decisions ought to be made. >> i appreciate that answer. i have the privilege of being a member of this committee, the finance committee, and especially being chairman of the always powerful senate agriculture committee. i'm particularly interested in hhs and more importantly fda's work on food and nutrition policy. during the previous administration the fda issued numerous regulations with limited or delayed guidance and unrealistic compliance dates. this was the case with the implementation of the food safety modernization act called fsma and more recently with the nutrition facts panel revision. i know we all share the goal of a safe food supply and