Herb Kohl

this amendment to S. Con. Res. 70 requests the Senate to take action to stop the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable individuals who reside in the Nation's 17,000 nursing homes and receive services in thousands of other…

We don't want this hearing to give the indication that the problem isn't a serious problem, that requires some strong action.

The last thing we want, I think, any of us, is to leave the impression with the American people that we don't have a serious problem.

U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin, said Thursday that his Senate Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee will hold a Feb. 28 hearing on the recall.

Americans, myself included, were appalled to see cattle too sick to stand, much less walk.

But isn't it also true that this whole problem was uncovered by a camera that wasn't even yours? It was from The Humane Society.

I believe we would all agree that diseased or maimed animals should not be allowed to infiltrate the system.

But you should have been inspected by a veterinarian.

Why don't you have a system that uncovers this kind of inhumane treatment of animals?

It seems to me, the only way we can do this, is by having complete surveillance of the line that leads into the slaughter.

Let's get back, because I think there's some imprecision there, in terms of my understanding.

We need to be on top of these inspections, we need to understand it, and I'm confident that our--now-investigation will lead us to finding out how it happened.

The American people don't feel that way.

You've shed a lot of light on a serious issue, and we will see what we can do to make things better.

Shouldn't you be responsible for uncovering these situations yourself? Isn't that serious?

These images exposed wholly unacceptable gaps in American meat inspection systems.

But are you--are we prepared to say that we will work together to see to it that the inspection that takes place of these animals, to prevent downed animals from infiltrating the system, the system we put in place will be a 100…

Last year, USDA did weaken that rule.

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