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Urgent action needed on horse slaughter bill markup
On April 19th the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will be holding a markup of S. 311, The Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. This legislation is sponsored by Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and would prohibit the processing of horses for human consumption.
In particular, this act would prohibit the "shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, processing, purchasing, selling or donation of any horse or other equine to be slaughtered for human consumption."
The loss of this management tool could result in horses being uncared for and/or dumped around the countryside. Some of these animals are going to be treated cruelly and left to live in pain or even starved by people that cannot or will not care for them.
This legislation was introduced during the last Congress as H.R. 503, and with your help we were able to get an unfavorable vote in the House Ag Committee. While the bill still made it to the House floor and passed 263-146, your letters were a big help in opposing this legislation.
Your help is needed again.
Go to www.capwiz.com/beefusa and click on the Horse Management alert. Below is a list of all the Senate Committee Members and their addresses. Please add your name and address to the letter and inundate these offices with your letters. For talking points on this issue, click here.
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Chairmen Daniel Inouye – HI
722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3934
Senator John Rockefeller IV – WV
531 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6472
Senator John Kerry – MA
304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2742
Senator Byron Dorgan – ND
322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2551
Senator Barbara Boxer – CA
112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
Senator Bill Nelson – FL
716 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5274
Senator Maria Cantwell – WA
511 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3441
Senator Frank Lautenberg – NJ
324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3224
Senator Mark Pryor – AR
257 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2353
Senator Thomas Carper – DE
513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2441
Senator Claire McCaskill – MO
717 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6154
Senator Amy Klobauchar – MN
302 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3244
Vice Chairmen Ted Stevens – AK – Ranking Minority Member
522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3004
Senator John McCain – AZ
241 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2235
Senator Trent Lott – MS
487 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6253
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison – TX
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5922
Senator Olympia Snowe – ME
154 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5344
Senator Gordon Smith – OR
404 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3753
Senator John Ensign – NV
119 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6244
Senator John Sununu – NH
111 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2841
Senator Jim DeMint – SC
340 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6121
Senator David Vitter – LA
516 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4623
Senator John Thune -- SD
493 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2321 |
Horse Slaughter Bill
