[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 73 (Friday, May 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS SALE AND SLAUGHTER PROHIBITION

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                               speech of

                           HON. BOB ETHERIDGE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2007

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 249) to 
     restore the prohibition on the sale and slaughter of wild and 
     free-roaming horses and burros:

  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 249.
  This legislation is critical to preserving a part of America's roots, 
and it is an important symbol of the rugged, wild, and freedom that is 
the American West. As old as the red rock on the canyon walls, and as 
reliable as the sun rising in the clear western sky, America's wild and 
free-roaming horses and burros on our public lands are part of our 
nation's fabric and history.
  H.R. 249, a bill to protect wild free-roaming horses and burros, will 
expressly prohibit the sale, transfer, or slaughter for commercial 
product processing of any freeroaming horse or burro on U.S. public 
lands.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 249.

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