Byron Dorgan: “Especially in the last week or so, I have been immensely concerned about this issue of the importation of live cattle…”

“Especially in the last week or so, I have been immensely concerned about this issue of the importation of live cattle from Canada, only because the circumstances of live cattle coming across borders from a country in which there has been a case of mad cow disease is a very difficult situation. We want to be very careful about our country's beef herd and the potential devastation to that herd were we to have an outbreak or a case of mad cow disease. I want to talk about that at some length and then offer the sense-of-the-Senate resolution because I think all of us ought to be very concerned about when and how we decide to take action with respect to the import of live cattle from Canada. Finally, I might say I regret Canada has suffered this problem. It is a devastating problem for them to have had a mad cow case, but we ought to be very concerned and very careful about our beef herd in this country, and my amendment will address that subject.”