and to some extent the executive branch.

也对行政部门也有些影响的人接触
And not much has happened.

但是我们并没有什么收获
You know how much since the Surgeon General--I might note

你们知道自从卫生部长小布什时期的
George W. Bush's Surgeon General declared obesity an epidemic in 2001,

卫生部长在2001年宣布肥胖是传染病
so seven plus years ago this statement--you know how much Congress

但申明发表7年后你们知道有多少议员
has passed to reshape obesity and nutrition since then?

提出要降低肥胖率增加食品营养吗
Nothing, not a single significant bill,

完全没有一个议案都没有
including the most recent democratic controlled Congress,

包括现在民主党控制的议会也没有
where if they one might say pushed in the right ways

如果要说他们可能做得比较好的地方
something might have happened quickly.

就是他们效率更高些
It takes a long time and it takes a lot of work,

政策的出台需要耗费大量时间和工作
and so often it takes reaching way beyond where you want to be.

很多时候比你原来想的多得多