Pick Pony

A key House committee has advanced the Build America 250 Act with a SAFE (28) Act–style amendment that would ban transporting horses for slaughter and outlaw double-decker trailers, marking a major bipartisan step forward in the decades-long effort to end the slaughter pipeline. Industry advocates, led by Chris Heyde, Mike Repole, and Patrick Cummings, now urge racing and breeding stakeholders to press Congress to see the measure through to final passage.