12/05/2022
Those who believe HISA is fatally flawed and will be ruinous to the horse-racing industry should feel free to use any or all of the message below in emails we encourage you to send ALL your Congressional representatives ASAP. (Info below on how to send an email to your U.S. House Representative and your U.S. Senators.) You should feel free to use your own words. But let your federal representatives know how bad this has been. Your words are powerful!
"The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act (passed when slipped into the year-end omnibus in 2020) is unconstitutional. I agree. HISA was created with an extremely expensive quick fix and the result has been not only a trampling on the Constitution and mass confusion but a serious threat to the existence of smaller racetracks and a likelihood of ruining many racehorse owners and trainers - as well as the small businesses that depend on horsemen — out of business. This new bureaucracy’s crushing costs are being passed on to tracks and horsemen with no transparency and no significant representation. An industry as complex and wide-ranging as ours cannot be done expeditiously. It must be done strategically and with input from the industry as a whole. Please block any effort by HISA for another quick fix that got us in this mess in the first place. Our horsemen’s representatives want to work with ALL parties for new, sensible legislation that allows our jobs-heavy industry and related agribusiness to thrive and improve, rather than to choke from ill-advised legislation snuck through by a well-financed minority. We appreciate your support." -- Eric Hamelback and the National HBPA
You can use this link below to identify and send an email message to your Congressional Representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative. You can also call one of your Congressman and Senators’ offices and leave a message either as a voice mail or to a staffer that you oppose HISA and Congress should block attempts to salvage it with a "quick fix" which will not solve the problems.
Here’s a link to find and contact your two U.S. Senators:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
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