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FMD Bill Passes Senate Committee
US - Last week, Senators Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., introduced the Foot and Mouth Disease Protection Act of 2008 in the Senate.Representatives Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., and Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo., introduced the bill in House on Wednesday. A large bi-partisan group of legislators in both houses signed on as co-sponsors. Thursday it was approved by the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and heads to the Senate Floor for a vote.
"This has been a big week for American ranchers and we're excited about all the support the Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act of 2008 is receiving," says Leo McDonnell, Director Emeritus of the U.S. Cattlemen Association.
"From lawmakers to editorials in rural newspapers it seems like everybody in farm country is lining up behind this bill and it's easy to see why. This issue is very straightforward; Argentina has FMD, America doesn't and we'd like to keep it that way."
