what this legislation does, what the SAFE Act would do would explicitly ban consumption of horse meat in the United States and the import and export of horses and equine parts.
I also want to thank Nancy Perry from the ASPCA for being here to testify in favor of this legislation.
I think it is really important that we take action and that the FDA finally enter the picture to protect our food supply...
So I want to talk not just about nursing homes or whatever for horses, but I want to talk about the dangers of allowing ...
I certainly hope that the company will take this seriously, even as it looks at imports that it ought to look at the que...
We are concerned about counterfeit drugs coming into, and medical devices coming into the United States, but I think it ...
opening statement
Frankly, one death is too many, but the inexcusable fact is that we can do more to prevent these deaths.
There is an urgent and desperate need for this legislation.
Last year, 38 horses died at Santa Anita, at Santa Anita Park alone.
However, research at Northwestern University, which is in my district and is a leading research institution, have no way...