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Fortunately, Congress and Federal agencies are taking action, and they did not wait until this MCR-1 gene showed up.

We know that antibiotics are becoming less effective in treating bacterial infections, because bacteria are evolving to become resistant.

We know that doctors and patients alike are partially to blame for the over-use of antibiotics.

A third of the antibiotics are overprescribed by doctors.

We know that the current crop of antibiotics in development and clinical trials are not sufficient.

We know it is going to be in the billions, with a B, of the economic impact for dairy in the United States.

I think the key is the penalty, what is the penalty for not doing what you are supposed to do.

So what would you suggest that we in Congress could do to maybe ameliorate some of these differences a little bit so that the poorer communities or States that have trouble, how can they afford to have this cost?

I am troubled with that, because of the diversity of income, their capability of doing it, and don't tell me it is going to save my $500 a year, because we understand the pay back is so much longer on all of these.

If you look at Mississippi my colleague from Harper from Mississippi, their median family income $36,000 a year.

I want to play back on what my colleague and good friend Bobby Rush from Illinois was talking about, was the disparity of income when people were facing this.

Come and visit the State of West Virginia. No joblessness? We have lost over 20,000 jobs in the coal mining industry.

We have suffered irreparable harm, and I keep repeating it in this committee meeting.

I do appreciate the opportunity to testify about my bipartisan bill, the Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act, or the PROP Act.

I want the record to be very clear that I did not refer to my good friend from Nevada as an SOB.

We want this to be seamless for the veteran. It ought to be about what is the right thing for veterans and taxpayers.

It cannot be used in a rating system, because an addict is not going to give you a good rating if they do not get what they want.

The reason I am saying this is the feedback I received from that gave us the impetus to move on legislation.