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.

Mr. Strawbridge, you were talking about something like a hundred times more powerful than morphine. Is that right?

Are painkillers regularly administered to these horses on race day or is that illegal in most jurisdictions, or do you know?

This is a controversial issue because any time you talk about change, people and entities feel threatened.

On average, 24 horses die each week on racetracks across America.

Well, thank you, Chairman Pitts, and I would like to also say how glad we are to be in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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.

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.

Madam Speaker, I am delighted that, today, Father Gerald Baker, pastor of the St. Ann Catholic Church in Morganfield, Kentucky, gave our opening prayer. He has served as pastor in Morganfield since 2003. Prior to that, Father Baker was…