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Mary Landrieu: people say, well, to me, well, senator, don't you think we have to find a way to get rid of horses that are sick or too old? i said, and there are humane ways to get rid of horses but the myth and the lie and the shame of slaughtering that's going on is

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rid of horses but the myth and the lie and the shame of slaughtering that's going on is that 92% of the animals are have a great future but because there's a loophole in our law right now they are being treated in this

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so i'm introducing this bill with my good friend and colleague john ensign, senator ensign from nevada, as a leading cosponsor. also, with senator cardin, boxer, graham, mccain, lautenberg, mendez,

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leahy, carper, lieberman, byrd, kerry, as cosponsors, original cosponsors of this legislation entitled prevention of equine act." if it is signed into law by the president if a person is found

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in violation of this act they are found to knowingly transport or sell or purchase a horse with the intent to slaughter it for human consumption they will be fined and they will be, there will be criminal penalties associated with this practice. if a defendant is found guilty he could be

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could be sentenced up to one year in prison if he has no prior convictions and if he does have prior convictions the penalty will be increased. as i've said, although u.s. slaughterhouses have been closed, thousands of horses are inhumanely every day, 1,500 a week transportd

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borders to this deplorable fate. sometimes horses are shipped as many as 700 miles with food and water and i couldhow you dozens of pictures that i will spare those that are on the floor and those watching from the horror of some of these priors but if you want to there is ample pictures and evidence

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on the internet available for what is just a mindless and barbaric practice that we want to stop. when people say to me, senator, how are farmers and ranchers going to afford it? it's expensive to put down a horse, it costs about $225 to humanely euthanize a horse.

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it for one month. so if you can afford to purchase an animal, if you can maintain an animal, you most certainly can afford the price of putting it down that it has done on your behalf or the pleasure that it has provided you or the

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transportation that it has provided you because horses are used in our country for many different and very necessary purposes. i just want toay that this has been a longattle. it started many years ago but in september of 2007 states court of appeals upheld the illinois statute that

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the slaughterhouse from continuing. in april of that same year, the u.s. senate commerce committee voted in 2007, in january, the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit decred the slaughter of horses for food illegal in

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texas, upholding a law that dated back to 1949. and madam president, you might have still been in the house of representatives, the house passed h.r. 503, the american slaughter horse prevention a and unfortunately that congress adjourned before the senate could take itp. however, the senate did,

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following in october, take up this matte appropriations bill only to have it scuttled again. i submit there is a broad base of bipartisan support for this legislation. practice is cruel and inh i submit to y that every court both at the district and appeals

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level that's weighed in has weighed in on the side of our efforts here today and it's my intention, working with senator john ensign from nevada, to finally get this bill passed so we will have, once ended inhumane slaughter and created a way

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put downr to die naturally and to be disposed of appropriately in this country which i think will be a great testimony to the rising awareness of animal care in this nation. now when people say, oh, she has again too far and w do the same thing for cows and

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goats and chickens, horses are not raised for the same purposes as cows and goats and chickens. they were never raised for absolute we but for companionship and partnership and that is where the line, i hope, will be drawn. so i submit this bill and would like it to be referred to the appropriate committee and i

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suggest, if i don't see anyone here on the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: thank you. the cl

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Mary Landrieu: quorum call: louisiana madam president, i ask unanimous consent the call o the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. ms. landrieu: madam president, i thought i would take a minute to speak about a subject while i was on the floor that you are well aware of dakota and minnesota really struggling right n

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Mary Landrieu: experienced almost four years ago with rooftops of people's hopes. the only difference is at home it was 105 degrees and here it looks like it's five degrees below zero or worse and i don't know to be sweltering from the heat

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Mary Landrieu: work of our subcommittee, has put into place that when this delegation to work with the governors, mayors and local officials and as the work is going on now with the and the communication, the strain on the communication system about where this water is

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Mary Landrieu: by virtue of community loans and when the loans have to be paid back and whether the s.b.a. can grant them that a lot of the work that we've done will go to help this community. it may be more rural in nature. it may not

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Mary Landrieu: doesn't i just wanted to publicly that i am willing to continue to work through our subcommittee and many other subcommittees to make sure that the people of north dakota and minnesota have what they need to recover in a swift way and to be of great help because in my view, and i'll conclude with this, the federal gover

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Mary Landrieu: we're not a developing nation. we are a sophisticated nation of government and law where people pay insurance, they pay their taxes and when something beyond their wildest manual completely out of their control likic getting stuck in the river maybe chunks as big as

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Mary Landrieu: needs toe done and the government needs to come in and blow up this ice and provide help for these victims of flooding along with the private sector and with nonprofit groups. so i just wanted to come to the

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Mary Landrieu: debate on h.r. 1388. i think i'm now supposed to ask for the quorum call and for the time to be divided -- or counted against both sides equally. okay, i suggest the presiding officer: the will call the roll. thank you very much, senator, and the floor privileges will be