05/22/2023
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"the reason the state of Rhode Island opposes our bill is because it wants to protect its current monopoly on the gaming industry in southern New England."
"I would first like to state that for me, as a Mashpee Wampanoag woman, mother, grandmother and a leader of my community, and as a woman whose blood and bones have been in my territory for 12,000 years..."
"U.S. manufacturing plays a central role in the Nation's economic security and in our competitiveness."
"I hope that today's hearing will help inform research and a regulatory framework that continues to ensure safe and ethical development of biotechnology without stifling innovation."