In response to the committee recommendations, 25 nutrition experts sent a letter to HHS calling for stronger, clearer language. While praising the underlying science used by the advisory board, the letter criticized the weakness of the committee’s conclusions. "The scientific fine print in the advisory committee’s report makes it clear that Americans should be eating much less saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, and added sugars," the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Margo G. Wootan said ina press release. The fact that the committee did not draw the obvious conclusions from the scientific evidence only goes to show the strong grip of industry on our scientific information. In an attempt to free health guidelines from the influence of industry, Senator Peter Fitzgerald wrote a bill last year that would assign the responsibility of writing dietary guidelines to the Institute of Medicine. "Putting the USDA in charge of dietary advice is in some respects like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse," Fitzgerald told CongressDaily. However, many charge that Congress itself is too easily bullied by the powerful food industry. When Fitzgerald held a hearing last year on the issue, he was forced to hold the meeting in “the Commerce Committee instead of the Agriculture Committee subcommittee he also chairs because the Agriculture Department and food companies had pressured Agriculture Committee not to hold the hearing,” according to the CongressDaily. With Fitzgerald set to retire next year, the issue is likely to get swept under the rug.