only request, insist, cod joel, bargain, negotiate. i want to talk about the dangers of food bourn contaminants and remedies. eric olsson heads the food and consumer products safety programs at the pew chartable trusts. eric is the author of fast food nation, cowrote the movie of the same name. thank you for being with us. a lot of people wouldn t have necessarily known the fda didn t have the right to order recalls and wouldn t guess there would be so much controversy, but there is controversy. there are opponents to this food safety bill going through. tell me about it. well, there s some crazyness in congress right now. and i think that the right wing republicans who oppose this bill don t represent the american
i ve been roaming around looking down at all i ve seen the places i can t reach we ve been talking a lot this hour about the food safety bill that the president is expected to sign very shortly and what it means to you. but will it survive the budget ballot? cnn s national correspondent john king joins me from the cnn political desk. this is where our worlds collide, your world of expertise in politics and mine in business. when it gets down to the budget, it s the same world. reporter: it is one of the things. good afternoon. thanks for the music that was nice. republicans think this new food safety bill is an overreach, too much government regulation so it is one of the areas they ll look at as they decide what to fund and not to fund.
the president is back. health care reform is underfire. the megamillions jackpot is, wow, fairly large. i want to begin can the white house and dan simon. president obama is back home. there you are from the vacation in hawaii. how is the president reacting to all of the threats about repealing his health care reform law? he talked about that in air force one. he said, listen, this is politics, this is the kind of thing that happened in washington, that, quote, are going to play for the base for a certain period of time. but he expressed confidence that everyone can work together and get things done when it comes to job creation, something so many americans out of work want now. . also, the food safety bill he signed. what does that mean for americans? it will give the fda the
help. wheeler was a driving force behind the vietnam veterans memorial in washington. president obama arrived back in washington a few hours ago on his agenda today is the signing of that food safety bill. the new law overhauls the inspection and oversight of our food and gives the fda new powers to recall suspect products before they cause widespread illness. it s possible the new republican controlled house of representatives will target funding for the changes as part of the expected budget battle. president obama has put nichool sarkozy in his day planner. he will be at the white house next monday. it will be a good chance to talk about economic issues with france ready. coming up, ed henry back on the mainland, ready to fill us in on who might become the new white house chief of staff and why that job is important to you.
defend or defend the flocking of judicial nominations and he says the results is a burden of caseloads and that both parties must find a long-term solution. and the next congress is getting ready to take control of capitol hill. it s a good time to take a look back at what the 111th got done and what they failed to do. peter doocy live now in washington with the story, peter? say, kelly, that s right, the democratic controlled 111th congress got a lot of things through like a huge health care overhaul, the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. 9/11 first responders bill. the food safety bill and that tax rate compromise that came to with republicans, but the american public doesn t seem to be too impressed, and they lost 63 house and 6 senate seats in the mid term. still though, democrats are upbe upbeat. it was a congress that was tough. i think the american people