We Need a Hero!

Won't somebody please step forward and run against this abomination named Bonilla?


"CONGRESSMEN SWEENEY AND WHITFIELD - GOOD FOR HORSES AND DEMOCRACY

October 29, 2005 (Washington, D.C.) - First introduced by
Representatives John Sweeney (R-NY), John Spratt (D-SC), Ed Whitfield
(R-KY) and Nick Rahall (D-WV) in June, the 'Horse Slaughter
Amendment' passed the US House of Representatives by a sweeping vote
of 269-158. It later passed the US Senate by 69-28 thanks to the
leadership of its sponsors Senator John Ensign (R-NV) and Senator
Robert C. Byrd (D-WV). The amendment is intended to temporarily end
horse slaughter through a prohibition on funding for regulatory
duties associated with horse slaughter.

Despite these overwhelming votes and strong public opposition to
horse slaughter, the 'Horse Slaughter Amendment' was assaulted
earlier this week when certain higher-ups in Congress, including
Agriculture Appropriations Conference Committee Chairman Henry
Bonilla (R-TX), vowed to axe the language as it went through its
final stages on Capitol Hill.

'The House and Senate overwhelmingly voted for my amendment. Yet
isolated, special interests ruled the day by allowing the will of
Congress to be disregarded. I am deeply disappointed that our
Leadership allowed a backroom provision to be included after the
voice of Congress was clearly heard,' Congressman Sweeney said. 'This
type of blatant disregard for the rule of order in Congress and the
will of the people is unconscionable. I am committed to ending the
gruesome slaughter of horses and resolve to keep up the fight until
we achieve victory.'

More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in America last year at
three foreign-owned plants. Tens of thousands more were exported and
slaughtered abroad. Meat processed in the United States is shipped to
Europe and Asia for human consumption."