*Voted for the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (HR.503): To bar slaughtering horses for human consumption.
*Voted against the "poison pill" Amendment delaying implementation of HR.503.
*Voted for the BLM amendment on 5/19/2005: To bar slaughtering wild horses & burros.
*Voted for the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act (HR.3858): To consider the needs of people with pets and service animals in disaster planning.
*Co-sponsored the Animal Fighting Prohibition Act (S.382): To criminalize dogfighting & cockfighting.
*Co-sponsored the Downed Animal Protection Act (HR.3931): to ban "downed" (unable to walk to slaughter) cattle, pigs & sheep in human food.
*Signed the Funding Letter of 4/28/2006, to the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee for- all animal protection.