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`Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Outraged at
`Senator McCaskill’s Attempt to
`Abrogate Sovereign Immunity
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`Oct 5, 2017
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`AKWESASNE TERRITORY — The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe issued the following statement today in
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`response to legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) that seeks to abrogate
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`tribal immunity from being asserted in the Inter Partes Review proceedings on the tribally owned
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`patents for RESTASIS® (Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Emulsion) 0.05% before the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board:
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`“The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is outraged that U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), has introduced
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`legislation that specifically targets Indian tribes, yet exempts state universities and other sovereign
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`governments engaged in the very same IPR process. The double standard that is being introduced
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`by the Senator as a solution for a perceived abuse of the IPR proceedings does nothing to solve the
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`underlying problem. The Tribes authority is inherent and has been reaffirmed through treaties and
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`legislation from the earliest days of the country.
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`It is cruelly ironic that Indian Tribes, with the highest unmet health care needs in the entire country,
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`are being attacked for exercising their sovereign obligation to fill gaps in health coverage caused by
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`the federal government’s abject failure to uphold its trust responsibility. The fact that the Mohawk
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`community is home to three unmitigated EPA Superfund sites that harm the health of the
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`community and surrounding non-Native communities is a stark example of the government’s
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`https://www.srmt-nsn.gov/news/2017/saint-regis-mohawk-tribe-outraged-at-senator-mcca...
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`failure. Congress shouldn’t double down on its mistakes by denying the Tribe’s sovereign authority
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`in the IPR process.
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`As the largest private employer in Northern New York, the Tribe has a responsibility to ensure the
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`livelihood and well-being of its tribal members and its hundreds of non-Native employees. The Tribe
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`remains committed to working with all Members of Congress to discuss how its recent economic
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`diversification efforts benefits the Tribe, its members, and the surrounding communities without
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`harming competition among pharmaceutical companies (both private and generic) or artificially
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`inflating drug prices.”
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`the Saint Regis Mohawk People.
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