[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST--H.R. 137

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 91, H.R. 137, that the 
bill be read three times, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, let me 
say to the majority leader, we are close to being able to get this 
measure cleared, but, regretfully, we are not there yet. So, therefore, 
I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, on this I am very disappointed. There are 3 
million members of the Humane Society in America. For every one of 
them, this is their No. 1 issue; that is, to stop the viciousness, the 
barbarity of having animals fight each other. People bet on this, as we 
all know. It is done in several States, and it should be stopped.
  That is what this is all about. I am not going to belabor the point, 
but this is something a number of people on both sides of the aisle 
feel strongly about. I would think in the next go-around whoever is 
objecting to this should step forward and state their objection.
  We are going to have to--on one of these days when there is not a lot 
to do; I don't know when that will be, but we will find some time--we 
are going to have to file cloture on this because it is unfair we are 
being stopped from moving on a bill that is entitled ``Animal Fighting 
Prohibition Enforcement Act.'' I think that says it all.

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