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Senator Cory Booker + Representative Rosa DeLauro reintroduced identical bills into the House and Senate to protect slaughterhouse workers by reducing line speeds in the slaughterhouses, according to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Senator Booker originally introduced the bill in July 2020.
The Safe Line Speeds Act acts against a harmful action by the USDA in 2020 that allowed slaughterhouses to increase the speeds of slaughterhouses.
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According to the HSUS, the Safe Line Speeds in COVID–19 Act would:
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We look forward to working with President-elect Biden and Congress to make the needed investments to tackle the COVID-19 and the climate and environmental justice crises in the coming years.
Today Congress will vote on end-of-year legislation to fund the government, which also includes new energy provisions and relief funding to address the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The package includes more than 1,500 pages of key funding and reauthorizations to fight climate change, support frontline communities, and protect our environment. However, the bill also contains harmful provisions, especially the nearly $1.4 billion in funds for the Trump administration’s border wall construction, causing widespread devastation to air, water, communities and wildlife along the border.