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Day: May 10, 2007

Congress rethinks the Real ID Act

Opposition is growing to a forthcoming digital ID card for American citizens, but it may be too late to make sweeping changes to the controversial identification requirements. During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) savaged the Real ID Act as an unwarranted intrusion into Americans’ personal lives that a Republican-controlled Senate enacted two years ago without a single hearing or debate. For more info click here

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American Quarter Horse Association Testifies Before Congress

America’s Horse, May 9, 2007 – The American Quarter Horse Association testified Tuesday, May 8, before the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry on the welfare of animals in agriculture. The Subcommittee heard testimony from various representatives from animal health groups, the animal agriculture industry and animal welfare organizations about the status of animal welfare in American agriculture. AQHA was the only equine group to testify before the Subcommittee. “The Committee gained insight not only on the issues facing animal welfare but also the solutions the industry is working through to ensure

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