[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 24, 2011

  Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I wish to correct a vote that 
I made on the amendment to H.R. 2112. During the rollcall votes, I 
voted no on the Campbell amendment to prohibit funding for the Animal, 
Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) from being used for lethal 
methods of wildlife control to protect livestock. It was my intent to 
support the amendment, as I stand in strong support of the federal 
government's use of humane and non-lethal animal control whenever 
possible. My record on this issue clearly shows my longstanding support 
of this position and I hereby state my disapproval of the use of lethal 
methods of trapping, aerial hunting and poisoning wildlife in order to 
protect livestock by the APHIS.
  I wish to clearly state for the Record that I supported the Campbell-
DeFazio-Peters amendment and did not intend to vote against it.

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