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Janice Schakowsky: “I feel like all of the testimony that we have heard has reinforced this idea that this is something that we can change…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2009
I feel like all of the testimony that we have heard has reinforced this idea that this is something that we can change, that we are bringing this on ourselves, that our industry will survive, that with better health practices and limited use of antibiotics, therapeutic use of antibiotics, our animals will do just fine.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky emphasizes the need for better health practices in farming and limited antibiotic use.

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