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Utah Senate approves nonbinding resolution on horse processing after emotional floor debate

Utah State Senate · February 11, 2009
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Summary

House Joint Resolution 7, urging Congress to preserve state control over horse transport and processing, drew impassioned testimony both for and against and passed on a recorded vote placing it on the third-reading calendar.

The Utah Senate on Feb. 11 approved House Joint Resolution 7, a nonbinding measure urging Congress to leave decisions about the processing, transport and handling of horses to the states. Sponsor Senator Stoll said federal restrictions have closed U.S. processing plants and created a surplus of horses; he asked Congress not to ban interstate transfers and processing.

Senator Stoll told colleagues…

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