Gary Ackerman: “I should point out that the gentleman, who is a distinguished leader and authority in this area and someone for whom I…”

“I should point out that the gentleman, who is a distinguished leader and authority in this area and someone for whom I have the greatest respect, is absolutely right. However, what we are dealing here with is an amendment that does not disrupt this process whatsoever. All of those things can and should take place from the time the animal is grazing to the time it is in the yard to the time it is being shipped and even prior to slaughter. The only thing that we prevent is the animal from being consumed by the American public. Every single one of us has constituents that eat meat. Some of us have the majority of our constituents. And the American people, 0 percent of them say they will not eat the product of a downed animal such as this.”