Posted by Connie 2. Forward this alert to all of your contacts. Ask family, friends, relatives, and neighbors to do the same. 3. If you have friends and family in Virginia who are constituents of Mr. Goodlatte or Harrisonburg Office: For more information on horse
on 6/23/2004, 1:20 am
12.4.186.60
URGENT: One Congressman Blocks US
House Bill to Ban Horse Slaughter
US Representative Bob Goodlatte of
Virginia, Chair of the House Agriculture Committee is the lone person blocking HR 857, The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, from coming out of
that committee and to a vote on the House Floor. The Horse Slaughter Prevention Act is the legislation that would ban the slaughter of horses in the United States and their export for slaughter to foreign countries. There are 224 co-sponsors of this bill in the US House. A more recently introduced companion
bill in the US Senate (S. 2352) currently has 7
co-sponsors.
Although HR 857 has enough votes
to pass the House, Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia is preventing this legislation from being moved forward out of committee for a vote. Congressman Goodlatte is appeasing the foreign-owned horse slaughter industry and other special interests
that are profiting from the death of American horses in the only 3 horse slaughterhouses in the US. The three slaughter houses in the United States, two in Texas and one in Illinois, all are Belgian and French owned, are protected under free trade agreements and do not even pay export fees. Over half of the US House supports this bill and it would pass if it could come to a floor for a vote but this
one Congressman is preventing this. We are running out of time. Do not let Mr. Goodlatte kill this bill. Please act immediately.
1. Please write, fax, and call
Mr. Goodlatte at both his district and DC offices demanding that he release HR 857 out of his committee for a full vote on the house floor. Demand that Mr. Goodlatte remove himself immediately from HR 857 and let elected Representatives of the people across the United States vote on HR 857.
if you are from Virginia, immediately call and fax his office and continue to call and fax until Mr. Goodlatte releases HR 857 from the Agriculture Committee. Let Mr. Goodlatte know that you will not re-elect him if he kills this bill in his committee.
Over half of Congress is co-sponsoring this legislation. We are running out of time to get this bill passed. If one person kills it in Committee, it will never get to a vote on the
floor where it would pass.
Contact information for Virgini Congressman, Bob Goodlatte:
Washington, DC Office:
2240 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2171
Fax: (202) 225-9617
District Offices
Staunton Office:
7 Court Square
Staunton, VA 24401
Phone: (540) 885-3861
Fax: (540) 885-3930
2 South Main Street, Suite A, First Floor
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Phone: (540) 432-2391
Fax: (540) 432-6593
Lynchburg Office:
916 Main Street, Suite 300
Lynchburg, VA 24504
Phone: (434) 845-8306
Fax: (434) 845-8245
Roanoke Office:
10 Franklin Road, SE; Suite 540
Roanoke, VA 24011
Phone: (540) 857-2672
Fax: (540) 857-2675
slaughter, please visit the following websites:
http://www.saplonline.org/Legislation/ahpa.htm
http://www.horse-protection.org/
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EVERYWHERE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMPASSION FOR OUR EQUINE FRIENDS.
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