Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5566) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit interstate commerce in animal crush videos, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5566 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prevention of Interstate Commerce in Animal Crush Videos Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The Federal Government and the several States have a compelling interest in preventing animal cruelty. (2) Each of the several States and the District of Columbia criminalize intentional acts of animal cruelty. (3) The clandestine nature of certain acts of animal cruelty allows the perpetrators of such crimes to remain anonymous, thus frustrating the ability of Federal and State authorities to enforce the criminal statutes prohibiting such behavior. (4) These criminal acts constitute an integral part of the production of and market for so-called crush videos and other depictions of animal cruelty. (5) The creation and sale of crush videos provide an economic incentive for, and are intrinsically related to, the underlying acts of the criminal conduct. (6) The United States has a long history of prohibiting the interstate sale of obscene and illegal materials.…”