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and other folks interested in legislation that makes sense.
You need to understand what's at stake and protect your interests. A cabal of California-based ultra-radical animal rightist Democrats is attempting to topple Rep. John Dingell as head of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee and replace him with Rep. Henry Waxman. J
ohn Dingell is the dean of the House and is the highest profile and most influential supporter of sportsmen and animal owners in the U.S. Congress.
See his legislative accomplishments at Dingell's Towering 50 Years On the Hill | The Cook Political Report
John is also a avid big game hunter and waterfowler, a dog owner and has served on the boards of NRA and Ducks Unlimited. He has never let us down and has repeatedly gone to bat for us on hunting, fishing, conservation, animal and gun ownership, influencing other legislators.
Chairman Dingell was one of a handful of Democrats who voted against HSUS's AMERICAN HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION ACT in 2006. This bill inserted the federal government into the life or death decisions of equine owners. His forceful and elegant commendation of HR503 was memorable.
September 7, 2006 Floor Statement on HR503, AMERICAN HORSE SLAUGHTER
PREVENTION ACT at CR H6323
Mr. DINGELL. I love the people who are pushing this bill, but it is a bad bill. It is triumph of emotion over common sense. We have before us a solution, a poor one, to a nonexistent problem.
We have many things that need to be addressed in this Congress, but here we are putting on the floor a piece of legislation poorly thought out, without having had proper hearings or proceedings, over the opposition of a committee, when we have many other things that need doing; health care for Americans, minimum wage, a budget deficit of terrifying proportions, and the appropriations bills and the budget have not yet been completed. While the Nation is at war, working families struggle to make ends meet, and government runs record deficits the leadership has put this curious piece of legislation on the floor.
The bill would eliminate humane slaughter of horses. If there is a complaint about how the horses are being slaughtered or transported, there is a way for this body to address that, and I am sure in good will this body would in the exercise of its oversight powers do exactly that.
The bill does not count for the high cost of caring for these unwanted animals, nor does it consider the impact that this legislation is going to have on the environment.
You know, we have a curious situation where we are going to have to wind up cremating every horse that dies in the country, or we are going to have to incinerate them. I have no idea how we are going to dispose of a huge number of 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of horse each time one of these events happens.
Now, basic care costs $1,800. There is no requirement here that a person sell or slaughter his horse. The owner of the horse can do what he wants with it. That makes eminent good sense to me.
But I don't think anyone has thought out the consequences of this legislation, what is going to happen with regard to the massive number of horses that are going to have to be incinerated or cremated and the consequences of that with regard to the environment.
This is a bad piece of legislation. It should be rejected.
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HR503 passed that day, but failed in the Senate.
The extremely heavily lobbied, ill-conceived measure didn't receive a floor vote in 2007-2008.
Literally, without exception, Mr. Waxman and his group attempting to unseat John Dingell are animal rights zealots who have been endorsed and funded by the anti-animal owner, anti-hunting Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS). HSUS considers this sub group its hard corstrongest supporters. They introduce dozens of ill-conceived animal rightist bills every year. It's critical that a very senior, high profile moderate Democratic committee chairman such as John Dingell not be dragged down by these elements. Should these radicals succeed, an experienced and meaningful voice will be muted and the next Congress will take decided shift to the left in all legislative areas.
ACTION REQUEST:
As soon as possible, telephone and email all House Democrats and urge that they retain John Dingell as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The caucus vote will occur on either November 17 or 18, 2008 and newly elected
members will have a voice.
Please share this message widely.
Susan Wolf
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance - SAOVA, The Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance
Issue lobbying and working to identify and elect supportive legislators.
(note I'm a little late on this one)gs
That caucus vote was supposed to occur on either November 17 or 18, 2008.
Ask your rep how he voted on that and you will know a lot more about who represents you in Washington.
You need to understand what's at stake and protect your interests. A cabal of California-based ultra-radical animal rightist Democrats is attempting to topple Rep. John Dingell as head of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee and replace him with Rep. Henry Waxman. J
ohn Dingell is the dean of the House and is the highest profile and most influential supporter of sportsmen and animal owners in the U.S. Congress.
See his legislative accomplishments at Dingell's Towering 50 Years On the Hill | The Cook Political Report
John is also a avid big game hunter and waterfowler, a dog owner and has served on the boards of NRA and Ducks Unlimited. He has never let us down and has repeatedly gone to bat for us on hunting, fishing, conservation, animal and gun ownership, influencing other legislators.
Chairman Dingell was one of a handful of Democrats who voted against HSUS's AMERICAN HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION ACT in 2006. This bill inserted the federal government into the life or death decisions of equine owners. His forceful and elegant commendation of HR503 was memorable.
September 7, 2006 Floor Statement on HR503, AMERICAN HORSE SLAUGHTER
PREVENTION ACT at CR H6323
Mr. DINGELL. I love the people who are pushing this bill, but it is a bad bill. It is triumph of emotion over common sense. We have before us a solution, a poor one, to a nonexistent problem.
We have many things that need to be addressed in this Congress, but here we are putting on the floor a piece of legislation poorly thought out, without having had proper hearings or proceedings, over the opposition of a committee, when we have many other things that need doing; health care for Americans, minimum wage, a budget deficit of terrifying proportions, and the appropriations bills and the budget have not yet been completed. While the Nation is at war, working families struggle to make ends meet, and government runs record deficits the leadership has put this curious piece of legislation on the floor.
The bill would eliminate humane slaughter of horses. If there is a complaint about how the horses are being slaughtered or transported, there is a way for this body to address that, and I am sure in good will this body would in the exercise of its oversight powers do exactly that.
The bill does not count for the high cost of caring for these unwanted animals, nor does it consider the impact that this legislation is going to have on the environment.
You know, we have a curious situation where we are going to have to wind up cremating every horse that dies in the country, or we are going to have to incinerate them. I have no idea how we are going to dispose of a huge number of 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of horse each time one of these events happens.
Now, basic care costs $1,800. There is no requirement here that a person sell or slaughter his horse. The owner of the horse can do what he wants with it. That makes eminent good sense to me.
But I don't think anyone has thought out the consequences of this legislation, what is going to happen with regard to the massive number of horses that are going to have to be incinerated or cremated and the consequences of that with regard to the environment.
This is a bad piece of legislation. It should be rejected.
-------------------------
HR503 passed that day, but failed in the Senate.
The extremely heavily lobbied, ill-conceived measure didn't receive a floor vote in 2007-2008.
Literally, without exception, Mr. Waxman and his group attempting to unseat John Dingell are animal rights zealots who have been endorsed and funded by the anti-animal owner, anti-hunting Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS). HSUS considers this sub group its hard corstrongest supporters. They introduce dozens of ill-conceived animal rightist bills every year. It's critical that a very senior, high profile moderate Democratic committee chairman such as John Dingell not be dragged down by these elements. Should these radicals succeed, an experienced and meaningful voice will be muted and the next Congress will take decided shift to the left in all legislative areas.
ACTION REQUEST:
As soon as possible, telephone and email all House Democrats and urge that they retain John Dingell as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The caucus vote will occur on either November 17 or 18, 2008 and newly elected
members will have a voice.
Please share this message widely.
Susan Wolf
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance - SAOVA, The Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance
Issue lobbying and working to identify and elect supportive legislators.
(note I'm a little late on this one)gs
That caucus vote was supposed to occur on either November 17 or 18, 2008.
Ask your rep how he voted on that and you will know a lot more about who represents you in Washington.
