Joseph Pitts actually said...

"There are too many lives at stake to give up. We can and must preserve antibiotics--the future of modern medicine depends upon it."

"We must preserve those antibiotics critical to human health for use in treating disease--not for growth promotion or disease prevention."

"Do you believe that we need to further incentivize new drug and diagnostic development if we are to appropriately address the issue of antibiotic resistance, and if so, what would you recommend?"

"My legislation--the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act -would save eight critical classes of antibiotics for human use while still allowing the treatment of sick animals."