Doris Matsui

It seems to me that the full range of other options has not yet been considered by many of our country's ranchers.

I found your testimony very compelling because it really does tread the fine line between the need to prevent diseases in our animal populations without actually doing ourselves more harm in the process.

There is another judicious use principle from the web site, to minimize environmental contamination with antimicrobials whenever possible.

When we go to the grocery store to pick up dinner, we should be able to buy food without worrying that eating it would expose our family to potentially deadly bacteria that will no longer respond to our medical treatments.

I support the Chairwoman's legislation because it doesn't limit a rancher's ability to use medicine in a rational way to prevent livestock disease.

the failure to take action could have dire economic consequences.

Unless we act now, we will unwittingly be permitting animals to serve as incubators for resistant bacteria.

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