It takes scores of rule violations before a trainer gets a 10-year suspension.

Racing used to be the most popular thing in America, in terms of a spectator sport. But it's hurting now.

We would support the use of a Federal mechanism to ensure that the reform racing medication rules or something similar would be adopted.

I've had Senators come up to me and say you mean we did this IHA, and they're doing all of this racing.

I think these jobs are threatened if you have a dirty industry.

Yes. And so the Governor working with the regulators I think would take a positive step here.

The time to act on all measures is now.

I think when Mr. Irwin was running a horse in the Kentucky Derby, the winner of the Kentucky Derby in 2011, his was the only trainer in the entire race that didn't have violations.

I think that they should back off on the levels even for the normal drugs like Butazolidin.

Thank you, Senator Thune. Thank you very much.

We need this legislation to end the prevalent injury-masking and performance-enhancing drugging of horses because the horse racing industry has demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to regulate itself.

I fully support the American Quarter Horse Association's stance on Clenbuterol.

Should trainers who drug horses with oral pain peptides be permanently banned from racing?

But clearly, most of your regulators, are they not appointed by the Governor?

I just don't buy the resource side of this when you have $50 million in subsidies.

I think if we start with those principles of this Racing Improvement Act that we've got here--banning race-day meds, three strikes and you're out, and making sure that we had horses tested--that we would really come a long way toward…

What we're trying to do is set a national standard and then put it back on the racing commissions.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth puts on its boots.