Grits
07-12-2012, 08:16 PM
Matt Hegarty writes on today's hearing.
http://www.drf.com/news/senate-hearing-checks-racing-industry%E2%80%99s-interest-federal-regulation
Udall was the only member of the 25-seat Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to attend the hearing throughout its entirety. Only two other Senators made appearances during the hearing: Sen. Frank Lautenberg from New Jersey, and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, who participated for about 15 minutes.
In his opening statements, Udall said that "corruption" had "run racing off the rails." He questioned the eight witnesses that appeared on Thursday on whether the sport should apply lifetime bans to trainers with positives for drugs, and he frequently made use of words that indicated he believed the sport is suffering from a lack of adequate regulation. And on several occasions, he threatened that the legislature could rescind racing's authority to conduct simulcast wagering by revoking the Interstate Horseracing Act, a 1978 bill.
http://www.drf.com/news/senate-hearing-checks-racing-industry%E2%80%99s-interest-federal-regulation
Udall was the only member of the 25-seat Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to attend the hearing throughout its entirety. Only two other Senators made appearances during the hearing: Sen. Frank Lautenberg from New Jersey, and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, who participated for about 15 minutes.
In his opening statements, Udall said that "corruption" had "run racing off the rails." He questioned the eight witnesses that appeared on Thursday on whether the sport should apply lifetime bans to trainers with positives for drugs, and he frequently made use of words that indicated he believed the sport is suffering from a lack of adequate regulation. And on several occasions, he threatened that the legislature could rescind racing's authority to conduct simulcast wagering by revoking the Interstate Horseracing Act, a 1978 bill.