After his speech Secretary Schafer met up with the press near the media room.

You might find this more interesting than his speech since he gets to respond to specific questions. He fielded quite a few relating to the recent meat recall and made the point over and over that “the rules will be followed.” He said that although he doesn’t agree with the Humane Society on tactics and on a lot of what they do, he appreciates them bringing the problem with the plant in question to USDA’s attention. Nice politically sensitive statement. I might have worded it differently. But that would be why I’m not electable.

You can listen to Secretary Schafer’s press conference here: cc-08-schafer-press.mp3

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