Senator Murray has an imminent opportunity to support not only Washington constituents’ wishes but a majority of Americans’.

She has the chance to vote in favor of language in the agricultural appropriations bill that will prohibit funding for horse slaughter plants.

We support that decision for reasons that span party, racial, and gender lines; the plants pollute the environment, take funding from other areas of agriculture, and subject horses to prolonged suffering and inhumane treatment.

We should be ashamed to let noble creatures suffer that way.

I trust Senator Murray will listen to issues that matter to Washington, and show that a good Senator does not just speak, she also listens.

Andrea Logan

North Bend