Legislative Issues & Policies - Congressional Horse Caucus

The Congressional Horse Caucus is a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives formed to educate Members of Congress and their staffs about the importance of the horse industry in the economic, agricultural, sporting, gaming and recreational life of the nation.

This group of Representatives has an expressed interest in the industry and wants to support the issues important to it.

Congressmen John Sweeney (R-NY) and Ben Chandler (D-KY) are the Co-chairs of the Caucus for the 109th Congress. The Caucus presently has 60 members, including:

Sweeney, John (R-NY)
Chandler, Ben (D-KY)
Bilirakis, Mike (R-FL)
Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN)
Boucher, Rick (D-VA)
Burgess, Mike (R-TX)
Capito, Shelly Moore (R-WV)
Cardoza, Dennis (D-CA)
Carter, John (R-TX)
Cole, Tom (R-OK)
Costello, Jerry (D-IL)
Crowley, Joseph (D-NY)
Davis, Geoff (R-KY)
Davis, Jo Ann (R-VA)
Davis, Lincoln (D-TN)
Duncan, John (R-TN)
Feeney, Tom (R-FL)
Gillmor, Paul (R-OH)
Gordon, Bart (D-TN)
Hefley, Joel (R-CO)
Herger, Wally (R-CA)
Hinojosa, Ruben (D-TX)
Issa, Darrell (R-CA)
Jenkins, William (R-TN)
Jones, Walter (R-NC)
Keller, Ric (R-FL)
Kirk, Mark (R-IL)
Kline, John (R-MN)
LaHood, Ray (R-IL)
Lewis, Ron (R-KY)
McCarthy, Carolyn (D-NY)
McCotter, Thaddeus (R-MI)
McCrery, Jim (R-LA)
McKeon, Buck (R-CA)
Meek, Kendrick (D-FL)
Millender-McDonald, J. (D-CA)
Mollohan, Alan (D-WV)
Northup, Anne (R-KY)
Osborne, Tom (R-NE)
Pallone, Frank (D-NJ)
Pascrell, Bill (D-NJ)
Payne, Donald (D-NJ)
Peterson, Colin (D-MN)
Putnam, Adam (R-FL)
Radanovich, George (R-CA)
Rahall, Nick (D-WV)
Rodgers, Hal (R-KY)
Ros-Lehithen, Ileana (R-FL)
Ross, Mike (D-AR)
Ruppersberger, C.A. (D-MD)
Sherwood, Don (R-PA)
Smith, Adam (D-WA)
Spratt, John (D-SC)
Stearns, Cliff (R-FL)
Thornberry, Mac (R-TX)
Tiberi, Pat (R-OH)
Wamp, Zack (R-TN)
Weller, Jerry (R-IL)
Whitfield, Ed (R-KY)
Wilson, Joe (R-SC)

AHC Position
The AHC encourages all of its members to contact their Representatives and encourage them to join the Horse Caucus by contacting the office of Representative Sweeney or Representative Chandler.