July 27, 2008
Dear Friends,
H.R. 6598, the Conyers -
Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 (the bill which now
replaces the AHSPA - HR 503 & S. 311), is scheduled for a hearing before
the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland
Security on Thursday, July 31st at 9:30 a.m.
H.R. 6598 - introduced
to the House on July 24th by Representative John Conyers Jr., in an effort to
make our way around the pro horse slaughter lobby blockade of the AHSPA, will
permanently put an end to the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the
transport of live American horses for slaughter across the
So far this year, over
60,000 horses have been slaughtered in Canadian and Mexican horse slaughter
plants under appalling conditions, where they are subjected to blatant abuse
and unspeakable suffering. As the end of the 110th Congressional session looms
near, Members of Congress must act NOW to stop this ongoing tragedy.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Time is of the essence,
so immediate action is required to ensure swift passage of H.R. 6598 by both the
Committee on the Judiciary and the House of Representatives.
Please contact your
Below you will find a
phone and fax directory for the members of the House Committee on the
Judiciary. This directory is also available for download at http://www.habitatforhorses.org/joincampaigns/docs/110judiciary.doc.
If you don’t know who is
your Representative you can find out by going to http://www.compassionindex.org/index.htm and typing in your zip code.
Please begin making
calls and faxes today, and continue to do so until the hearing begins. Please
share this alert with family, friends and co-workers, and encourage them to
call or fax their Representatives, as well.
Additionally, Congress
will soon adjourn for summer recess. We strongly encourage advocates to set
up appointments to meet with your Representative and Senators while they are at
home in their district offices during the recess. Face to face meetings with your Representative and
Senators are likely the single most important thing an advocate can do to gain
their support. Please call to make your appointments today!
For more information about horse slaughter and
H.R. 6598, please go to http://www.awionline.org/legislation/horse_slaughter/index.htm.
Your support is needed now
more than ever; thank you very much for your help!
If you have any
questions please feel free to contact us at admin@... or fletosojoi@....
Thank you for your
help!
Daniel Cordero-Fernandez
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE
JUDICIARY CONTACT INFO DIRECTORY
The column “cosponsor” indicates whether they
are cosponsors of H.R. 6598 while the “HR 503” shows if they are cosponsoring
the AHSPA and thus need to transfer their support to the new bill.
Chair and Ranking Min.
Member
Phone
Fax
Cosponsor HR 503
Chair: John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
202-225-5126 202-225-0072
YES
YES
Rank: Lamar Smith (R-TX)
202-225-4236 202-225-8628
NO
NO
Rest of Members:
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
202-225-2906 202-225-6942
NO
YES
Howard L. Berman (D-CA)
202-225-4695 202-225-3196
NO
YES
Rick Boucher (D-VA)
202-225-3861 202-225-0442
NO
YES
Chris Cannon (R-UT)
202-225-7751 202-225-5629
NO
NO
Steve Chabot (R-OH)
202-225-2216 202-225-3012
YES
NO
Howard Coble (R-NC)
202-225-3065 202-225-8611
NO
NO
Steve Ira Cohen (D-TN)
202-225-3265 202-225-5663
NO
YES
Artur Davis (D-AL)
202-225-2665 202-226-9567
NO
NO
Bill Delahunt (D-MA)
202-225-3111 202-225-5658
NO
YES
Keith Ellison (D-MN)
202-225-4755 202-225-4886
NO
YES
Tom Feeney (R-FL)
202-225-2706 202-226-6299 NO
NO
J. Randy Forbes (R-VA) 202-225-6365
202-226-1170 NO
NO
Trent Franks (R-AZ)
202-225-4576 202-225-6328 NO
NO
Elton Gallegly (R-CA)
202-225-5811 202-225-1100
NO
YES
Louie Gohmert
(R-TX)
202-225-3035 202-226-1230
NO
NO
Bob Goodlatte
(R-VA)
202-225-5431 202-225-9681
NO
NO
Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL)
202-225-8203 202-225-7810
NO
YES
Darrell Issa
(R-CA)
202-225-3906 202-225-3303 NO
NO
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
202-225-3816 202-225-3317
NO
YES
Hank Johnson (D-GA)
202-225-1605 202-226-0691
NO
YES
Jim Jordan (R-OH)
202-225-2676 202-226-0577 NO
NO
Ric Keller (R-FL)
202-225-2176 202-225-0999
NO
YES
Steve King (R-IA)
202-225-4426 202-225-3193
NO
NO
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
202-225-3072 202-225-3336 NO
YES
Dan Lungren
(R-CA)
202-225-5716 202-226-1298 NO
NO
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
202-225-5635 202-225-6923
YES
NO
Mike Pence (R-IN)
202-225-3021 202-225-3382 NO
NO
Linda T. Sanchez (D-CA)
202-225-6676 202-226-1012
NO
NO
Adam Schiff (D-CA)
202-225-4176 202-225-5828
NO
YES
Robert C. Scott (D-VA)
202-225-8351 202-225-8354
YES
NO
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI)
202-225-5101 202-225-3190
NO
NO
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
202-225-5911 202-225-5879
NO
YES
Betty Sutton (D-OH)
202-225-3401 202-225-2266 YES
NO
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
202-225-7931 202-226-2052
YES
NO
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
202-225-2201 202-225-7854
NO
YES
Melvin L. Watt (D-NC)
202-225-1510 202-225-1512
NO
YES
Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
202-225-6616 202-226-7253
NO
YES
Robert Wexler (D-FL)
202-225-3001 202-225-5974
NO
YES