To the editor,
Members of the bipartisan Congressional Animal Protection Caucus should support a massive increase in federal funding for cultivated meat research.
For readers who aren’t familiar with the term, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. No other policy, with a reasonable shot of becoming law, has the potential to reduce more animal suffering and death.
While cultivated meat is currently sold in a few high-end restaurants, it faces a number of technological hurdles in order to compete with slaughtered options. Perhaps the most important of these is lowering its cost. This can be achieved with public money for research. I hope the compassionate legislators who make up the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus will prioritize the goal.
Jon Hochschartner
Members of Congressional Animal Protection Caucus:
Alma Adams (D-NC)
Colin Allred (D-TX)
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
Nannette Barragan (D-CA)
Karen Bass (D-CA)
Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
Amerish Bera (D-CA)
Donald Beyer (D-VA)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Brenden Boyle (D-PA)
Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Larry Bucshon (R-IN)
Cheri Bustos (D-IL)
Kenneth Calvert (R-CA)
Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
Antonio Cardenas (D-CA)
Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA)
Andre Carson (D-IN)
Matthew Cartwright (D-PA)
Sean Casten (D-IL)
Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Judy Chu (D-CA)
David Cicilline (D-RI)
Katherine Clark (D-MA)
Yvette Clark (D-NY)
Stephen Cohen (D-TN)
Gerald Connoly (D-VA)
Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Jose Correa (D-CA)
Joseph Courtney (D-CT)
Jason Crow (D-CO)
Sharice Davids (D-KA)
Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
Deborah Ross (D-NC)
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Susan Delbene (D-WA)
Mark DeSaulneir (D-CA)
Deborah Dingell (D-MI)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Bill Foster (D-IL)
Lois Frankel (D-FL)
Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Grace Meng (D-NY)
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
James Himes (D-CT)
Jared Huffman (D-CA)
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Henry Johnson (D-GA)
David Joyce (R-OH)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
William Keating (D-MA)
Rohit Khanna (D-CA)
Daniel Kildee (D-MI)
Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
Andrew Kim (D-NJ)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
Ann Kuster (D-NH)
James Langevin (D-RI)
Susie Lee (D-NV)
Mike Levin (D-CA)
Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Nancy Mace (R-SC)
Seth Magaziner (R-SC)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Betty McCollum (D-MN)
James McGovern (D-MA)
Joseph Morelle (D-CA)
Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Jerrold Nadler (D-NJ)
Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Joseph Neguse (D-CO)
Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Chris Pappas (D-NH)
William Pascrell (D-NJ)
Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Scott Peters (D-CA)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
William Posey (R-FL)
David Price (D-NC)
Michael Quigley (D-IL)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
Charles Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Sablan Gregorio (D-MP)
Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)
Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
John Sarbanes (D-MD)
Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)
Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Bradley Schneider (D-IL)
David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Bradley Sherman (D-CA)
Rebecca Sherrill (D-NJ)
Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Adam Smith (D-WA)
Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
Darren Soto (D-FL)
Abigal Spanberger (D-VA)
Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Greg Steube (R-FL)
Haley Stevens (D-MI)
Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Mark Takano (D-CA)
Alice Titus (D-NV)
Paul Tonko (D-NY)
Norma Torres (D-CA)
Lori Trahan (D-MA)
David Trone (D-MD)
Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
Juan Vargas (D-CA)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)
Susan Wild (D-PA)
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
