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Monday, September 26, 2005
Dear Readers,
Many of you have written to ask me why our Senators and Congressmen are spending your parents' tax dollars to capture and kill wild horses. I don't know, but I have another small step you can take to help.
Last week the Senate voted to support the Ensign (R-NV) /Byrd (D-WV) amendment that would end funding for the inspection of horse slaughter plants owned by foreign companies. That's the good news.
Now, the Conference Committee is writing a bill that coordinates the House of Representatives' bill with the Senate bill. Seven members of that committee voted to support horse slaughter and may block this combination bill. I've listed them (with their phone numbers and email addresses) -- including Senator Conrad Burns. He is he Montana senator who slipped in the amendment last year which forced BLM to sell wild horses for slaughter.
I know this is a long fight. And I'm learning a depressing amount about the sneaky ways MY money is used to kill horses. I want it stopped and I know you do, too, but our representatives won't know how to vote unless we tell them and tell them some more and KEEP ON telling them until our throats and fingers are sore!
The Conference Committee is working on the bill this week.
If you want to help, please call or email as soon as possible and :
Ask them to protect horses from slaughter by supporting the Ensign/Byrd amendment in the Senate Agricultural Bill and
Support the Ensign/Landrieu American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
Senator Christopher Bond (R-MO) 202-224-5721
bond.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) 202-224-6521
(his website says it will take 4 weeks to read your note so call!)
Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) 202-224-2644
burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) 202-224-5054
cochran.senate.gov/contact.htm
Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) 202-224-2752
johnson.senate.gov/emailform.cfm
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 202-224-2551
[email protected]
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) 202-224-5842
johnson.senate.gov/emailform.cfm
I've tested all the above email addresses by sending notes myself, right now. They work. I will be placing phone calls tomorrow morning.
If nothing else, we will show these senators we know who's responsible for wanting America's horses on foreign dinner tables.
Thanks for taking the time to care.
Terri
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Dear Readers,
Many of you have written to ask me why our Senators and Congressmen are spending your parents' tax dollars to capture and kill wild horses. I don't know, but I have another small step you can take to help.
Last week the Senate voted to support the Ensign (R-NV) /Byrd (D-WV) amendment that would end funding for the inspection of horse slaughter plants owned by foreign companies. That's the good news.
Now, the Conference Committee is writing a bill that coordinates the House of Representatives' bill with the Senate bill. Seven members of that committee voted to support horse slaughter and may block this combination bill. I've listed them (with their phone numbers and email addresses) -- including Senator Conrad Burns. He is he Montana senator who slipped in the amendment last year which forced BLM to sell wild horses for slaughter.
I know this is a long fight. And I'm learning a depressing amount about the sneaky ways MY money is used to kill horses. I want it stopped and I know you do, too, but our representatives won't know how to vote unless we tell them and tell them some more and KEEP ON telling them until our throats and fingers are sore!
The Conference Committee is working on the bill this week.
If you want to help, please call or email as soon as possible and :
Ask them to protect horses from slaughter by supporting the Ensign/Byrd amendment in the Senate Agricultural Bill and
Support the Ensign/Landrieu American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
Senator Christopher Bond (R-MO) 202-224-5721
bond.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) 202-224-6521
(his website says it will take 4 weeks to read your note so call!)
Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) 202-224-2644
burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) 202-224-5054
cochran.senate.gov/contact.htm
Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) 202-224-2752
johnson.senate.gov/emailform.cfm
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 202-224-2551
[email protected]
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) 202-224-5842
johnson.senate.gov/emailform.cfm
I've tested all the above email addresses by sending notes myself, right now. They work. I will be placing phone calls tomorrow morning.
If nothing else, we will show these senators we know who's responsible for wanting America's horses on foreign dinner tables.
Thanks for taking the time to care.
Terri
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