Source: HUMANE WATCH, 8/3/17

This week a letter signed by several dozen Members of Congress—who are members of HSUS’s so-called Animal Protection Caucus—was sent to the House agriculture committee ranking members asking that HSUS-backed provisions be included in the 2018 Farm Bill. The request is quite telling—because it goes to show how little success HSUS has had over the past several years in getting its legislation through on its own.Despite its propensity to toot its own horn, HSUS has been a specialist in failure when it comes to the halls of Congress. One particular black mark came as HSUS backer Rep. Ed Whitfield was investigated by the House Ethics Committee following allegations that his wife, HSUS lobbyist Connie Harriman-Whitfield, improperly used his office’s...

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