ACTION NEEDED: AntiSlaughter Legislation

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FROM HSUS - ACTION NEEDED TODAY WEDS 7/18

For years you have loyally stood with us as we’ve battled to end the brutal slaughter of horses for human consumption. Tomorrow the fight to save our horses comes to a critical juncture in the House Appropriations committee. Currently, the 2008 Agriculture spending bill includes language that halts all government spending on the practice of slaughtering horses for human consumption. We need to make sure that the final version of the bill retains this important provision.

IMPORTANT: IF, and ONLY IF, your Rep. sits on the Appropriations Committee should you pick up the phone and call. This is critical, you cannot calls Approps members if you do not live in their district and you cannot call your member of Congress if they do not sit on the appropriations committee.

The committee will be meeting early tomorrow morning, so please also call first thing in the morning and keep the calls flowing in throughout the day.

STEP 1: Look up your member of Congress at www.hsus.org/leglookup
STEP 2: Check to see if your Rep sits on the Appropriations Committee (see list below)
STEP 3: If, and only if your Rep sits on the committee - pick up the phone and call.

You can reach your Representative via the Capitol Switchboard at [phone].

Here is the script: “Hello, my name is ___________ and I am calling from [city/state]. I am calling to urge Representative___________ to OPPOSE any amendments to the Agriculture Appropriations bill that would strip language protecting horses from slaughter.


APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
David R. Obey, Wisconsin, Chair
John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania
Norman D. Dicks, Washington
Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia
Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana
Nita M. Lowey, New York
José E. Serrano, New York
Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut
James P. Moran, Virginia
John W. Olver, Massachusetts
Ed Pastor, Arizona
David E. Price, North Carolina
Chet Edwards, Texas
Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr., Alabama
Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island
Maurice D. Hinchey, New York
Lucille Roybal-Allard, California
Sam Farr, California
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Michigan
Allen Boyd, Florida
Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
Sanford Bishop, Georgia
Marion Berry, Arkansas
Barbara Lee, California
Tom Udall, New Mexico
Adam Schiff, California
Michael Honda, California
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
Steve Israel, New York
Tim Ryan, Ohio
C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland
Ben Chandler, Kentucky
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
Ciro Rodriguez, Texas
Jerry Lewis, California, Ranking Member
C.W. Bill Young, Florida
Ralph Regula, Ohio
Harold Rogers, Kentucky
Frank R. Wolf, Virginia
James T. Walsh, New York
David L. Hobson, Ohio
Joe Knollenberg, Michigan
Jack Kingston, Georgia
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
Roger F. Wicker, Mississippi
Todd Tiahrt, Kansas
Zach Wamp, Tennessee
Tom Latham, Iowa
Robert B.Aderholt, Alabama
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
Kay Granger, Texas
John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania
Virgil H. Goode, Jr., Virginia
Ray LaHood, Illinois
Dave Weldon, Florida
Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
John Abney Culberson, Texas
Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana
John Carter, Texas
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
Ken Calvert, California