Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act of 1989 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Re

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1990e FARM ANIMAL AND RESEARCH FACILITIES
PROTECTION ACT OF 1989
HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS,
RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
ON
H.R. 3270
JULY 17, 1990
Serial No. 101-62
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GEORGE BROV inois,
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CHARLES ROSE,
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LEON PANETT
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JERRY HUCKAB^
DAN GLICKMAN,
CHARLES W. STE
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CHARLES HATCE
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HARLEY O. STAC
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CLAUDE HARRIS
BEN NIGHTHORf
MIKE ESPY, Miss
BILL SARPALIUS
JILL L. LONG, Indiana
GARY CONDIT, California
ROY DYSON, Maryland
H. MARTIN LANCASTER, North Carolina
Professional Staff
Dianne Powell, Staff Director
Vernie Hubert, Legislative Director
Daniel E. Brinza, Chief Counsel
Charles Hilty, Minority Staff Director
James A. Davis, Press Secretary
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign
Agriculture
GEORGE E. BROWN. Jr.. California. Chairman
CHARLES ROSE, North Carolina PAT ROBERTS, Kansas
LEON E. PANETTA, California E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri
CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas SID MORRISON, Washington
DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas FRED GRANDY, Iowa
CHARLES HATCHER, Georgia JAMES T. WALSH, New York
JIM OLIN, Virginia
HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri
JIM JONTZ, Indiana
(II)
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CONTENTS
Page
H.R. 3270, a bill entitled the “Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protec-
tion Act of 1989” 6
Report from U.S. Department of Agriculture 15
Brown, Hon. George E., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of
California, opening statement 1
Prepared statement 3
Glickman, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Kansas,
opening statement 17
Rose, Hon. Charles, a Representative in Congress from the State of North
Carolina, opening statement 18
Stenholm, Hon. Charles W., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas, prepared statement 20
Witnesses
Howe, John P., Ill, M.D., president, health science center, University of Texas
at San Antonio, member, board of directors, National Association for Bio-
medical Research 26
Prepared statement 48
Kullberg, John F., president, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals 33
Prepared statement 89
Rhode, Edward, dean, college of veterinary medicine, University of California
at Davis, on behalf of the American Veterinary Medical Association and
the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges 28
Prepared statement 59
Stevens, Christine, secretary, Society for Animal Protective Legislation, pre-
sented by William Cotreau 30
Prepared statement 67
Submitted Material
Adler, Karl P., M.D., dean, New York Medical College, letter ofJune 8, 1990... 95
Akins, Zane, chief executive officer, Holstein Association of America, letter of
May
11, 1990..... 96
Aldrete, Eddie, director, public affairs, National Turkey Federation, letter of
August 1989 97
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Almy, Albert A., director, public affairs division, Michigan Farm Bureau,
letter of August 29, 1989 98
American Animal Protection Organizations, joint resolutions for the 1990’s 99
Andersen, Dana K., M.D., president, department of surgery, University of
Chicago, letter of May 31, 1990 108
Anderson, Ronald, president, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., letter
of August 28, 1989 109
Armistead, Russell E., associate dean, administrative services, Bowman Gray
School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, letter of October 3, 1989 110
Ashworth, C. Wayne, president, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, letter of
August 29, 1989 Ill
Barker, Robert, senior provost, Cornell University, letter ofJanuary 16, 1990.. 112
Barr, James C., chief executive officer, National Milk Producers Federation,
letter of August 2, 1989.. 114
Barrow, Robert E., national master, National Grange, letter of August 1,
1989 115
J S Dtpi 0'r Avjtf. --L; ,
NAl^NAL AGR1CULTUF
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Baum, Joseph H., acting dean, school of medicine, Temple University, letter
ofJune 1, 1990 117
Bird, James, general manager, Milwaukee Cooperative Milk Producers, letter
of August 16, 1989 118
Bivens, Dave, director, public affairs, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, letter of
September 8, 1989 119
Blackwell, Ronald, executive vice president, American Quarter Horse Associa-
tion, letter ofJanuary 8, 1990 120
Bromley, D. Allan, director, executive office of the president, Office of Science
and Technology Policy, letter of February 27, 1990 121
Brown, Arnold L., M.D., dean, medical school, University of Wisconsin-Madi-
son, letter of May 23, 1990 123
Bull, Leonard S., professor and head, department of animal science, college of
agriculture and life sciences, North Carolina State University, letter of May
14, 1990 124
Bunney, Benjamin S., M.D., department of psychiatry, school of medicine,
Yale University, letter of October 23, 1989 125
Bunney, William E., Jr., M.D., distinguished professor and chairman, depart-
ment of psychiatry and human behavior, University of California, Irvine,
letter of November 1, 1989 126
Carroll, Bernard J., M.D., professor and chairman, department of psychiatry,
Duke University Medical Center, letter of October 31, 1989 127
Cherry, Walter W., executive director, North Carolina Pork Producers Asso-
ciation, Inc., letter of August 18, 1989 128
Chiesa, Bill, general manager, MetraPark, Montana Fair, on behalf of the
International Association of Fairs and Expositions, letter of May 5, 1990 129
Christopherson, Al, president, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, letter of
August 28, 1989 132
Clark, Don, director, livestock department, State Fair of Texas, letter of
October 5, 1989 133
Clark, J. Derrell, director, animal resources, college of veterinary medicine,
University of Georgia, letter ofJanuary 25, 1990 134
Clark, L. Kirk, president, American Association of Swine Practitioners, letter
of September 12, 1989 135
Congdon, Edward G., general manager, Vermont State Fair, letter of May 21,
1990 136
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Datt, John C., executive director, American Farm Bureau Federation, letter
of June 12, 1990 137
DeBakey, Michael E., M.D., office of the chancellor, Baylor College of Medi-
cine, letter of October 6, 1989 138
DeVaul, Richard A., M.D.,associate provost for medical affairs, dean, college
of medicine, Texas A&M University, letter of May 23, 1990 . 139
Dell, Ralph B., M.D., professor of pediatrics, chairman, institutional animal
care and use committee, health sciences division, Columbia University, New
York City, letter of October 13, 1989 140
Dennis, John M., M.D., dean, school ofmedicine, University ofMaryland, letter
ofJune 22, 1990 142
Eastwood, Gregory L., M.D., dean, school of medicine, Medical College of
Georgia, letter of May 21, 1990 143
Ebert, Paul A., M.D., director, American College of Surgeons, letter of June
11, 1990 144
Eckel, Keith, president, Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association, letter of Septem-
ber 7, 1989..!. ,. 145
Ewing, T.M. “Mort,” president, Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, letter of
August 29, 1989 146
Faulkner, Lloyd, associate dean, department of veterinary research, college of
veterinary medicine, Oklahoma State University, letter of October 17, 1989.. 147
Ferris, Thomas F., M.D., president, department of medicine, University of
Minnesota Medical School, on behalf of the Association of Professors of
Medicine, letter of January 30, 1990 148
Finberg, Laurence, M.D., dean, college of medicine, health science center at
Brooklyn, State University of New York, letter ofJune 7, 1990
Firman, Dale, president, Montana Winter Fair, letter of May 23, 1990 150
Fleener, Paul E., director, public affairs division, Kansas Farm Bureau, letter
of August 28, 1989 1^1
Fox, James G., professor and director, division of comparative medicine, Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology, letter of April 3, 1990 152
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Fretz, Murray G., general manager, Pacific International Livestock Exposi-
tion, Inc., letter of December 15, 1989 153
Gardner, Leonard, executive director, governmental affairs division, Illinois
Farm Bureau, letter of September 5, 1989 154
Gattis, Dan A., general manager, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, letter
of October 20, 1989 155
Gavin, Kathy, manager, Eastern Idaho State Fair, letter of May 21, 1990 156
1989
Gibson, Thomas, president, National Board of Fur Farm Organizations, state-
ment 157
Gingerich, Don, president, National Pork Producers Council, letter of July 26,
1990
159
Glaser, Ronald, chairman, department of medical microbiology and immunol-
ogy, Ohio State University, letter of May 30, 1990 161
Goldman-Rakic, Patricia, president, Society for Neuroscience, letter of June 1,
162
Graham, Charles E., deputy director and research professor, Primate Re-
search Institute, New Mexico State University, letter of October 27, 1989 164
Graham, James A., commissioner, department of agriculture, State of North
Carolina, letter of August 23, 1989 165
Haldeman, Donald R., president, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, letter
of September 15, 1989 166
Haragan, Donald R., executive vice president and provost, Texas Tech Univer-
sity, letter of June 1, 1989 167
Harris, Leslie, chief legislative counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, letter
ofJuly 16, 1990 168
Held, Michael, administrative director, South Dakota Farm Bureau, letter of
August 30, 1989 171
Hittelman, Karl J., associate vice chancellor, academic affairs, University of
California, San Francisco, letter of October 23, 1989 172
Holt, Fred H., president, Animal Health Institute, letter of August 1, 1989 173
Horner, Sara J., operations manager, Alaska State Fair, Inc., letter of May
23,1990 174
Jenkins, W.B., president, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, letter of
May
16, 1990 176
Josserand, Robert D., president, National Cattleman’s Association, letter of
August 1989 177
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Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, statement 178
Kase, Nathan, M.D., dean, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, letter of June 6,
1990 183
Khayat, Anita, vice president, professional services/medical affairs, Mt. Sinai
Medical Center, letter of May 31, 1990 185
Killam, Eva King, professor of pharmacology, department of pharmacology,
University of California, Davis, letter of November 13, 1989 187
Koffler, Henry, president, University of Arizona, letter of July 20, 1989 188
Kopperud, Steve, vice president, American Feed Industry Association, letter
of July 31, 1989 189
Statement 190
Kuhar, Michael J., Chief, Neuroscience Branch, Public Health Service, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, letter of October 19, 1989 214
Lein, Harold E., executive vice president and general manager, National
Livestock Producers Association, letter of August 2, 1989 215
Lemon, William R., executive vice president, Grain & Feed Association of
Illinois, letter of September 12, 1989 216
Locksley, Richard M., M.D., associate professor of medicine, chief, infectious
disease division, University of California, San Francisco, letter of October
30, 1989 217
Mcllhaney, William E., president, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau,
letter of August 25, 1989 218
McLeod, Michael R., counsel, United Egg Producers, letter ofJuly 31, 1989 219
McPherson, Charles W., director, animal resources, college of veterinary med-
icine, North Carolina State University, letter of May 23, 1990 221
Mark, Hans, chancellor, University of Texas System, letter of April 20, 1989.... 223
Marquardt, Kathleen, chairman, Putting People First, statement 225
Molpus, C. Manly, president, American Meat Institute, letter of August 3,
1989 231
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Miller, Lewis, executive vice president and general manager, International
Association of Fairs and Expositions, letter of May 4, 1990 233
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Navarro, Bruce C., Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative
and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, letter of May
25, 1990 234
Neims, Allen H., M.D., dean and associate vice president for clinical affairs,
college of medicine, University of Florida, letter of May 22, 1990 238
Nelson, C. Ed, executive vice president and general manager, Louisiana State
Fair, letter of May 22, 1990 239
Pardes, Herbert, M.D., vice president for health services, dean, faculty of
medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, letter
of May 25, 1990 240
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, statement 241
Petersdorf, Robert G., M.D., president, Association of American Medical Col-
leges, letter of June 6, 1990 251
Pooch, Steve, assistant manager, Minnesota State Fair, letter of May 21,
1990 252
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Prokasy, William F., chairman, Council of Scientific Society Presidents, letter
of January 16, 1990 253
Rabkin, Mitchell T., M.D., president, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, letter of
June 8, 1990 254
Raub, William F., Acting Director, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, letter of January 12, 1990 255
Reese, Clint M., executive vice president, North Carolina Cattlemen’s Associa-
tion, letter of August 22, 1989 256
Robbe, Jerry, president and general manager, Colorado State Fair, letter of
May 23, 1990 .. 257
Robinson, Nancy, associate manager, government and industry affairs, Live-
stock Marketing Association, letter of August 1, 1989 258
Ross, Leonard L., office of the dean, Medical College of Pennsylvania, letter of
May 25, 1990 260
Royster, W.C., vice president, research and graduate studies, University of
Kentucky, letter ofJuly 27, 1989 261
Schiffer, Stephen P., director, research resources facility, Georgetown Univer-
sity Medical Center, letter of January 24, 1990 262
Schneemann, Bill, president, American Sheep Industry Association, letter of
August 1989 263
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Skelton, W. Douglas, M.D., provost for medical affairs and dean, school of
medicine, Mercer University, letter of May 23, 1990 264
Sparrow, William H., Jr., producer, Durham, NC, letter of August 24, 1989 266
Stephens, Martin L., director, laboratory animals department, the Humane
Society of the United States, statement 267
Stobo, John D., M.D., president, American College of Rheumatology, letter of
October 1989 275
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Strahm, Samuel E., president, governmental relations division, American Vet-
erinary Medical Association, letter of August 21, 1989 276
Summitt, Robert L., M.D., provost, health science center, University of Ten-
nessee, Memphis, letter of August 25, 1989 . 277
Swindle, M. Michael, president, southeastern branch, American Association
for Laboratory Animal Science, letter of October 19, 1989 278
Todd, James S., M.D., acting executive vice president, American Medical
Association, letter of March 28, 1990
Trull, Frankie L., president, National Association for Biomedical Research,
letter of August 2, 1989 280
Turnquist, William M., agricultural manager, Fairplex, Los Angeles County
Fair & Exposition Complex, letter of November 22, 1989 281
Vice, Bob L., president, California Farm Bureau Federation, letter of July 2/,
Wal1l9e8n9tine, C. Booth, execu:tive vice president and chief admin..i...s.trati:ve offi- 282
cer, Utah Farm Bureau Federation, letter of August 25, 1989 284
Waller, Don, president, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, letter of August
Wa2r5d,,19D8o9nald M., executive director, Texas Veteri. nary Medic;al Associ;a••t••i;on, 285
letter of October 26, 1989 ;
Watson, Stanley J., M.D., associate director and research scientist. Mental
Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, letter of June 5, 1990....^. 28/
Watts, George B., president, National Broiler Council, letter of August 2,
1989 288
Wehler, Mike, president, National Pork Producers Council:, statement 289
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Weiner, Irwin M., M.D., dean, college of medicine, health science center, State
University of New York, letter of May 30, 1990 294
Weisfeldt, Myron L., M.D., president, office of public affairs, American Heart
Association, letter of January 22, 1990 295
Whisenhunt, Andrew, president, Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, letter of
August 28, 1989 296
Williams, Darryl M., M.D., dean, school of medicine, Louisiana State Univer-
sity Medical Center, letter of February 5, 1990 297
Wimpress, Duncan, president, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Re-
search, letter of September 20, 1989 298
Wolff, Boyd E., secretary of agriculture, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
statement 300
Woodhouse, Ed, executive director, North Carolina Poultry Federation, Inc.,
letter of September 6, 1989 304
Wright, Ernest M., professor and chairman, department of physiology, school
of medicine, center for health sciences, University of California, Los Ange-
les, letter of October 3, 1989 305
Zook, Bernard C., director, animal research facility, George Washington Uni-
versity, letter ofJune 1, 1990 306
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