There's another reason why it's good farm bill was defeated

[life long demo]

Beside the cut in food stamps, there was another amendment that would have caused severe problems for animal welfare by Rep. Steve King.

"It is hard to overstate the devastating potential of Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) Farm Bill language (you may remember King from his outrageous diatribe defending dogfighters).

The “King Amendment” would have forbidden states from applying safety & welfare regulations to any “agricultural products” from out of state, including animals raised for food, eggs, milk and even puppies and kittens sold to pet stores. This would have nullified many of the hard-fought victories won by animal advocates to protect calves, hens, pregnant sows, and other animals, such as California’s foie gras ban, its passage of the historic Proposition 2, as well as state laws cracking down on puppy mills, banning horsemeat and even dog meat sales . . . all could all have been eliminated by the current U.S. Farm Bill containing the King Amendment. Outside the animal realm, the “King Amendment” also would scale back child nutritional requirements."

http://aldf.org/blog/legally-brief-the-fate-of-animal-cruelty-in-u-s-agricultural-bills/

[Thinkingabout]

1. Received email from my representative John Culberson about how proud he added the amendment to

cut Food Stamps, wrote him and thanked him for getting the bill defeated by his actions. He hardly ever makes the right decision unless it is not voting.