Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2021

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Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5441, the Preventing All Soring Tactics Act. As a member of the Animal Protection Caucus, I believe, like my colleagues, that we should be urging all of our colleagues to commit to ensuring our government is doing everything we can to promote animal welfare.

The bottom line is this: The antiquated and inhumane practice of soring intentionally inflicts pain on show horses for the mere purpose of winning a ribbon in a competition. Our bipartisan PAST Act, which has passed overwhelmingly, as has been pointed out, will give a voice to these suffering animals and will finally put an end to this cruel practice by banning devices integral to soring, strengthening penalties, and also holding abusers accountable for their crimes against innocent horses.

I am proud again to join Representatives Cohen, Schakowsky, and Buchanan in championing this bipartisan bill; which, as was mentioned, passed this House last Congress on an overwhelming bipartisan basis. I hope that after passage today it will receive swift consideration by our colleagues in the Senate.

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