Jim Baird actually said...

"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..."

"The damage done to our Tribe during the years in which the status of our reservation has been thrown into doubt is beginning to reach catastrophic levels."

"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."