Rep. Burgess draws fire and attention for Humane Society remarks in recalled beef hearing

This from the Midland Daily News

Focus on feds, not Humane Society, in meat safety issue
Let’s not be distracted when the topic is safety of the nation’s meat.
The key issue is not how long a nongovernmental organization waited to show federal officials a videotape. Instead, let’s all concentrate on what government should have done — and [...]

What Rep. Burgess actually said about the Humane Society and the beef recall

 

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The audio above is Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), in his opening statement during a congressional hearing on food safety. Rep.Burgess is right. he was one of only two Texas GOP house members to vote in favor of the horse slaughter ban. In that recording, however, he was taking the Humane Society [...]