Lawmakers Challenge USDA Statement On Mad Cow Holstein

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A House committee on Tuesday questioned the government's credibility in the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, quoting three witnesses who denied Agriculture Department claims that the infected Holstein was lame.

The worker who slaughtered the cow, the hauler who delivered it and an owner of the slaughterhouse all recalled seeing the infected animal on its feet, rather than it being the nonambulatory "downer" described by USDA officials.

In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, the House Government Reform Committee's chairman and senior Democrat said the information challenges the department's assertion that only downer cattle or cows with a twitch indicating something wrong with their nervous system need to be tested.

"If the new information is accurate, USDA's surveillance program may need to be significantly expanded," committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., wrote. "The new information also raises questions about USDA's credibility...

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1. I like this headline better, from the WP:

USDA Accused of Misleading Public on Mad Cow


Here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49516-2004Feb17.html

Didn't this administration lie about the air quality over Manhattan after 9/11 as well?

I thought the federal government's first job was to protect the citizens.

Bushco went to a different grade school than I it seems

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2. It appears that your grade school lied

The government's first job is to help rich men get richer.

If you should become unusable, there is a plentiful supply of replacements.

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3. lie number 7,665 by the Bush Administration

Can these people tell the truth about anything?

They lie about a cow.

They lie about Bush's poem to his wife.

They lie about a British Airways pilot asking who they are.

I mean, not just the big things, these guys lie about every little fucking thing.