Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) released the following statement on passage of H.R.6720, the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act, which was approved by the House of Representatives this afternoon. (Please find a copy of the legislation attached): “The House of Representatives has voted to unify animal cruelty laws across the country, which would prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. I am proud to have championed this effort in Congress to explicitly ban the kill...
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Today, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) sent the following letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, urging them to bring H.Res.401 to the house floor for a vote without delay. The resolution, which was reported favorably by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on November 15, 2017, urges all nations to end the dog and cat meat trade, and highlights the inherent cruelty of annual events like the Yulin Dog Meat Festival, which is set to begin on June 21...
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Today, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) sent the following letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, urging them to allow for consideration of H.R.1406, the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act, and H.Res.401, a resolution urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade on the House Floor (Please find below and attached a copy of the letter): January 4, 2018 The Honorable Paul Ryan Speaker U.S....
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(Washington, D.C.) Today, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) made the following statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee favorably reported H.Res.401, urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade. The resolution was introduced by Congressman Hastings and Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) in June and currently has 101 co-sponsors. “I commend Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) for supporting H.Res.40...
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Today, Congressmen Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on China, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, India and all nations to end their dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against the trade (Please find attached a copy of the Resolution): “Approximately 30,000,000 dogs and a large number of cats are killed for human consumption annually across the globe. This extreme display of animal...
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Congressman Alcee L. Hastings made the following statement on the 2017 Yulin Dog Meat Festival, which began today in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China: “I find it completely outrageous that the Yulin authorities and Chinese government failed to take any meaningful action to bring an end to this year’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival. This festival and others like it that celebrate the torture of dogs and cats is an abhorrent display of animal cruelty. During Yulin, dogs are burnt, skinned, o...
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The Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus, Co-Chaired by Representatives Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and Jeff Denham (R-CA), in cooperation with the Pollinator Partnership and the American Society of Landscape Architects, will host a briefing on the status of pollinator health and conservation actions. The briefing will take place on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 12:30 PM in room 340 of the Cannon House Office Building. The distinguished panel will include: Gene Brandi President, American Beekee...
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Today, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) sent the following bipartisan letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. The letter urges them to bring H.Res.30, Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade, to the House Floor for a vote before June 21, 2017, the date of the Yulin Dog Meat Festival. (Please find below and attached a copy of the letter): May 2, 2017 The Honorable Paul...
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Today, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) released the following statement on Taiwan’s Legislature outlawing the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat: “I applaud Taiwan’s legislature for passing a law to ban both the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat. This landmark animal protection law sends a strong message to other countries where the dog and cat meat trade remains and millions of dogs and cats are brutally slaughtered every year. “Last month I introduced the Dog and Cat Meat Tra...
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(Fort Lauderdale, FL) Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) issued the following statement in recognition of National Pet Day, which takes place every year on April 11th: “National Pet Day encourages us to celebrate our fuzziest family members and bring attention to plight of many animals who are awaiting their forever homes. This day was founded in 2006 by Pet and Family Lifestyle Expert and Animal Welfare Advocate Colleen Paige, to help raise public awareness about the plight of many different ...
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