[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 199 (Thursday, December 12, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H10234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         STARFISH EQUINE RESCUE

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker, today, I want to recognize a nonprofit 
organization in my district providing a home and a future for horses 
who have experienced abuse and neglect. Starfish Equine Rescue works to 
rehabilitate and ultimately adopt unwanted, abused, and neglected 
horses.
  Since 2012, this organization has been rescuing horses from the most 
deplorable conditions and giving them a second chance at life. Starfish 
Equine Rescue works hard to bring these horses back to health and 
identify caring and supportive homes in south Jersey and in surrounding 
states.
  In addition to rescuing horses from abuse and neglect, Starfish 
Equine rescues horses that were slated for slaughter and are saved. And 
this is a practice that I have joined with Representative Schakowsky 
and other House colleagues in opposing under H.R. 961, which I hope 
someday will be the law of the land.
  The volunteers at Starfish and the adoptive homes of these once 
vulnerable horses have provided a great service to south Jersey and 
into the future. We are proud of them. May God bless them.

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