Virginia Congressman Blocks US House Bill to Ban Horse Slaughter

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One Congressman Blocks US House Bill to Ban Horse Slaughter

Everyone,

No matter where you live, please call or fax U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, the one Congressman blocking House Bill 857 to Ban Horse Slaughter
from coming to a floor vote before the current session adjourns for the summer.

This is urgent! Please call or fax him today and forward this alert widely (see contact information below)

Source: In Defense of Animals www.idausa.org

URGENT: One Congressman Blocks US House Bill to Ban Horse Slaughter

US Representative Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, Chair of the House
Agriculture Committee is the lone person blocking HR 857, The
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, from coming out of that
committee and to a vote on the House Floor. The Horse Slaughter
Prevention Act is the legislation that would ban the slaughter
of horses in the United States and their export for slaughter to
foreign countries. There are 224 co-sponsors of this bill in the
US House. A more recently introduced companion bill in the US
Senate (S. 2352) currently has 7 co-sponsors.

Although HR 857 has enough votes to pass the House, Congressman
Bob Goodlatte of Virginia is preventing this legislation from
being moved forward out of committee for a vote. Congressman
Goodlatte is appeasing the foreign-owned horse slaughter
industry and other special interests that are profiting from the
death of American horses in the only 3 horse slaughterhouses in
the US. The three slaughter houses in the United States, two in
Texas and one in Illinois, all are Belgian and French owned, are
protected under free trade agreements and do not even pay export
fees. Over half of the US House supports this bill and it would
pass if it could come to a floor for a vote but this one
Congressman is preventing this. We are running out of time. Do
not let Mr. Goodlatte kill this bill. Please act immediately.

What you can do:

1. Please write, fax, and call Mr. Goodlatte at both his
district and DC offices demanding that he release HR 857 out of
his committee for a full vote on the House floor. Demand that
Mr. Goodlatte remove himself immediately from HR 857 and let
elected Representatives of the people across the United States
vote on HR 857.

2. Forward this alert to all of your contacts. Ask family,
friends, relatives, and neighbors to do the same.

3. If you have friends and family in Virginia who are
constituents of Mr. Goodlatte or if you are from Virginia,
immediately call and fax his office and continue to call and fax
until Mr. Goodlatte releases HR 857 from the Agriculture
Committee. Let Mr. Goodlatte know that you will not re-elect him
if he kills this bill in his committee.

Over hald of Congress is co-sponsoring this legislation. We are
running out of time to get this bill passed. If one person kills
it in Committee, it will never get to a vote on the floor where
it would pass.

Contact information for Virginia Congressman, Bob Goodlatte:

WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE:

2240 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

DISTRICT OFFICES

Staunton Office:
7 Court Square
Staunton, VA 24401
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Harrisonburg Office:
2 South Main Street, Suite A, First Floor
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Lynchburg Office:
916 Main Street, Suite 300
Lynchburg, VA 24504
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Roanoke Office:
10 Franklin Road, SE; Suite 540
Roanoke, VA 24011
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

For more information on horse slaughter, please visit the
following websites:

http://www.saplonline.org/Legislation/ahpa.htm
http://www.horse-protection.org/

PLEASE CROSSPOST THIS MESSAGE EVERYWHERE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR COMPASSION FOR OUR EQUINE FRIENDS.

[Southsideirish]

1. I called his office - left a message on his machine.