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Iowa congressman blasts HSUS
March 7, 2012 By Ken Anderson 5 Comments
U.S. Congressman Steve King of Iowa does not sugarcoat his distaste for animal rights extremist organizations.
Specifically, he says the Humane Society of the United States is a “dishonest” organization and an “enemy” of livestock and feed grain production.
“I understand what their agenda is. Their agenda is to take meat off of the table for America and the world,” King said on NCBA’s Beltway Beef report. “They are vegetarians—they confessed that under oath, at an ag committee hearing—and they said, ‘but we don’t want to impose our values on you’.
“Yes, they do.”
King urges agriculture to align and push back on HSUS.
“Anytime that we give HSUS any room at all, that’s just like backing up when a bully pokes you in the chest,” he says. “You can only back up so long—and there’s no reason to back up the first time.”
King, a Republican, represents Iowa’s fifth district in Congress. However, due to reapportionment, King is now running for re-election in Iowa’s fourth district.
His opponent in the general election is expected to be Christie Vilsack, wife of U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
http://brownfieldagnews.com/2012/03/07/iowa-congressman-blasts-hsus/
March 7, 2012 By Ken Anderson 5 Comments
U.S. Congressman Steve King of Iowa does not sugarcoat his distaste for animal rights extremist organizations.
Specifically, he says the Humane Society of the United States is a “dishonest” organization and an “enemy” of livestock and feed grain production.
“I understand what their agenda is. Their agenda is to take meat off of the table for America and the world,” King said on NCBA’s Beltway Beef report. “They are vegetarians—they confessed that under oath, at an ag committee hearing—and they said, ‘but we don’t want to impose our values on you’.
“Yes, they do.”
King urges agriculture to align and push back on HSUS.
“Anytime that we give HSUS any room at all, that’s just like backing up when a bully pokes you in the chest,” he says. “You can only back up so long—and there’s no reason to back up the first time.”
King, a Republican, represents Iowa’s fifth district in Congress. However, due to reapportionment, King is now running for re-election in Iowa’s fourth district.
His opponent in the general election is expected to be Christie Vilsack, wife of U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
http://brownfieldagnews.com/2012/03/07/iowa-congressman-blasts-hsus/
Way to go!
