PNV2 Founder, Jen, wrote Senator John Cornyn (of Texas) over a month ago.  Today (4/30/07), Senator Cornyn sent the following response:
 
Dear Ms. Hoeflein:

Thank you for contacting me regarding pet food safety. I appreciate having
the benefit of your comments on this matter.

As you may know, recent events have revealed toxins in some pet foods that
have caused health problems and death of many beloved family pets. These
events resulted in the recall of those foods by the companies that produce
them.

The United States has the safest and most plentiful food supply in the world
because our food safety policy is rooted in sound science and supervised by
the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You may be certain that I
will continue working with my colleagues to ensure that the production,
transportation, and marketing of pet food is held to a high standard.

I appreciate having the opportunity to represent you in the United States
Senate. Thank you for taking the time to contact me.

Sincerely,

JOHN CORNYN
United States Senator

517 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-2934
Fax: (202) 228-2856
http://www.cornyn.senate.gov
 
Any thoughts?  Are you as outraged as we are at PNV2?  Continue to email your elected officials, send Senator John Cornyn your thoughts!

lol you nailed it!

I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote against this guy.

I am not surprised.  Most of our elected officials are only interested in fattening their own pockets and feeding a bunch of bull to their voters.  Unfortunately we allow them to get away with this.  I hope this whole mess is a wake up call to what's really going on in this country.  Bottom line - our government couldn't care less about any of us as long as they are fat and happy!

We must make sure this doesn't turn into just another layer of unaccountability!  Politicians always act quickly to make us feel better, but what will the results actually do to protect our pets? 
Why is that nobody has mentioned that it's insane to call a dog food "Chicken" when there is no digestable chicken protein content for dogs within the package?  Common industry practice for over 50 years to claim that if a ruminant animal (cow!) can derive chicken protein from a bunch of bone meal and feathers, then so can your tabby 
Durbin and his ilk sure protected us from this one....just to name the guy hogging the spotlight now.

Speaking of the horse slaughter, did anyone see this? What should be done??

From the Bloodhorse.com Mon May 7. FYI   D

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As the result of a federal court ruling, the horse slaughter plant in DeKalb, Ill., will temporarily be able to resume business.

In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit May 1 granted Cavel International slaughterhouse's emergency request for a stay while it is considering an appeal of a lower court's order last month halting federal inspection of horses. That ruling shut down the slaughterhouse because it is not allowed to operate without federal inspectors on site.

The dissenting judge disagreed with the idea the slaughterhouse would go out of business without the stay, noting it successfully reopened two years after a fire.

Although the ruling will allow the plant to reopen for now, horse slaughter has been a controversial issue on both the state and federal level. The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill April 18 that would outlaw horse slaughter for human consumption in the state. The bill passed 74-41, and is now in the Illinois Senate's Public Health Committee.

The two other slaughter plants in the country are located in Texas and were shut down earlier this year after a 1949 state law banning the sale of horsemeat for human consumption was upheld by the entire 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals March 5.

On the federal level, the U.S. Senate's Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted 15-7 last month in favor of sending the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act to be considered before the full Senate. In 2006, the bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 263-146, but was not acted upon by the Senate before it adjourned for the year.