the current reliability system that has emerged is cumbersome and overly complicated.

the current reliability system does have a mandatory character

Chairman Bingaman, Ranking Member Murkowski, and Members of the Committee, this concludes my statement.

the threat is real, and it is serious.

I would be happy to answer any questions you may have at this time.

This may be a tangent--a slight tangent, more accurately.

The next Pearl Harbor will be in cyberspace and is coming.

I fully support this legislation and its attachment of the condition of drug-free horse racing to the existing Interstate Horseracing Act.

Now is the time to move forward and clean it up.

Should anyone with multiple milkshaking violations be allowed to compete in the first place?

A track veterinarian testified to a congressional committee that trainers frequently asked her to provide drugs for improper purposes.

The states subsidize racing to a substantial degree.

Senator Udall, thank you for holding this meeting to examine issues surrounding your proposal, Senate Bill 886, and for giving me the opportunity to participate.

Well, that's encouraging. That's encouraging to hear.

I really believe that you're right on in saying that, you know, walking them out in handcuffs will really send a strong message. And we need strong, effective enforcement in this industry.

This legislation, introduced by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), would improve the safety and integrity of the sport by requiring race tracks that provide simulcast or Internet wagering to ban performance-enhancing drugs.

I apologize. We'll come back and you can start a paragraph or two before, but I'm going to have to-- they've notified me, if I don't get to the floor, they're going to close the vote.

Thank you for focusing in on this. I think this is a tremendously important issue.