This legislation would apply to all of it across the board if they use simulcasting.
Nothing is more important than safety for those men and women who are jockeys out there riding these magnificent animals.
The horseracing industry is a $40 billion industry as an impact on our national economy.
I think Mr. Meehan certainly hit the point here, and that is that no one really has authority to do much of anything.
I genuinely appreciate your having this hearing.
I wish more trainers were like you, Mr. McPeek, but I get the idea that there are not a lot of like you out there.
On average, 24 horses die each week on racetracks across America.
This is a controversial issue because any time you talk about change, people and entities feel threatened.
Are painkillers regularly administered to these horses on race day or is that illegal in most jurisdictions, or do you know?
Mr. Strawbridge, you were talking about something like a hundred times more powerful than morphine. Is that right?
So we find ourselves in a situation where we have this Federal mandate on the renewable fuel standard.