This will legitimize it in the minds of other legislative bodies and it will hopefully get some traction.

For decades the industry has been marketing and slaughtering downed animals for food with a reckless disregard for animal welfare and human health. In the absence of legislation, we're concerned that this problem will continue.

For decades the industry has been marketing and slaughtering downed animals for food with a reckless disregard for animal welfare and human health, ... In the absence of legislation, we're concerned that this problem will continue.

This is a good thing for animals and a good thing for people, ... These animals are made to suffer horribly, humans are put at risk, and there has never been an excuse for this practice.

What the briefing did not answer is how these enormous failings could have occurred. We will not know the answer to these questions unless we subpoena the documents and the e-mails that the White House is refusing to supply.

It's never been before the court before, and will be before the court now.