Establishing a standard that is too restrictive potentially denies legitimate groups the unique rights and status provided to a sovereign government.

Instead, I am here to defend the sovereignty of the Quinault Nation, and our exclusive authority to govern our lands, territories, and people.

No, I don't. How we look at this is it is a weakening of the standards that have been placed for all the tribes that are recognized today, it is who we are.

The Quinault Nation strongly opposes the proposal that would allow previously denied groups the opportunity to re-petition.

We are forced to spend considerable time and resources at great expense to defend against these repeated assaults on our tribal sovereignty.

Creating two classes of tribal governments is a recipe for disaster in Indian Country.

Establishing a standard that is too restrictive potentially denies legitimate groups the unique rights provided to a sovereign government.

Eliminating the regular use of antibiotics by food animal producers should be one of our top priorities for slowing the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

If an animal production system requires regular antibiotic inputs to keep the animals from becoming sick, then the system is broken.

The U.S. food animal industry must find alternatives to antibiotics for preventing the spread of bacterial infections among the animals they produce.

Unless you very clearly define the terms, the industry will use antibiotics on a routine basis and call it disease control or prevention.