“To say that food safety in this country is a patchwork system is giving it too much credit.

“To say that food safety in this country is a patchwork system is giving it too much credit. It is a hit or miss gamble, and that is truly frightening. It’s time to find the gaps in the system and remedy them.”

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa

Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which held a hearing on the salmonella outbreak Thursday.

“Those who support torture may believe that we can abuse captives in certain select circumstances and still be true to our values. But that is a false compromise.”

Leon Panetta

CIA director nominee, writing in the Washington Monthly last year.