Thank you Chairwoman Shadows Ski. Thank you for your leadership and holding this hearing. Thank you ranking member Cathy McMorris Rogers for your leadership and holding this important hearing and I wanna thank my Co sponsor and the author of this legislation Paul Tonko for his leadership in striving towards reform of the horse industry in a way that will advance the safety, the integrity and the international competitiveness of the sport and as was indicated by the ranking member, I do have the privilege of representing the what is known as the horse. Of the world, my friend mister Taco sometimes scribbles with that because New York is such a great racing state, but this is a beautiful sport. It has a rich heritage and history and it has in addition to being part of the fabric of our culture in New York and Florida and Maryland in California and Kentucky and other great States. it is a massive economic impact to our country and obviously to our States and we need to preserve the safety of the equine athletes. the human athletes involved in the integrity of the. And the international competitiveness both of our racing stock in our breeding stock in order to continue to earn the public's confidence so that we can continue to have the jobs and economic activity that this rich sport and industry provides to so many of our constituents. Let me just take the opportunity to to. I think the problem has been well laid out the 30 - eight different conflicting jurisdictions. Let me take the balance of my time to address some of the the issues I think that some of the recommendations by some of our witnesses who have who opposed the legislation make sense I To those recommendations, including Mister Martins of view that we need to bring more of these horses under under government supervision. That's what our bill would do mister point that we we do have a public perception problem. He doesn't think that this will will prevent breakdowns because he's focused on track maintenance. track maintenance is an issue, but it's not the only issue and uneven medication rules is a part of it and covering up and masking. the pain of the horse is a true issue. This will reduce breakdowns. I think sharing medical records uniformity of track condition. Standards make sense Certification of race Track safety makes sense The NRA NRA, especially special committees, make a lot of sense and they're doing good work, but this idea that federal legislation is the wrong way to go if you go back to the jockey club minutes from the 19 seventies in the 19 eighties when they were discussing medication reform, they were saying back then that we don't need federal legislation the efforts to reform the industry by the industry itself the efforts through. Compacts have failed mister Lear Point pointed that out with respect to FTC over oversight. I wanna point out to the members considering this legislation that the architecture of this bill fully make sure that we have industry representation expertise that would go into the formulation and enforcement of the rules, especially and including veterinarians to inform the process. I would point out that the the opponents of the legislation Mister Martin Doctor Anderson and Mister Jason all in cated. They support uniformity uniformity that has not been achieved in 40 or 50 years of of trying without without Congress. I wanna also point out something that has not been mentioned and that is that handled drives this. We've seen a decline and handle meaning that horse players and participants wagers are losing interest in this sport. That is that is the left blood of this industry means bigger purses. We need to attract a new generation of fans that do have competition in terms of the entertainment dollar out there. The The The kind and handle is an indication that we need reform and if we can attract a new generation of fans that will drive purses and that will be the solution for Monmouth Park. Not just putting our head in the sand on this international competitiveness. if you talk to participants in this sport in France and the United Kingdom and in Dubai and Japan and Australia, where they have no race day medication, there is a reputation problem with our product and coming from the breeding capital of the world where we sell yearlings. this reputational problem is a big deal and international competitiveness can be repaired. And the sales can be repaired internationally if we have additional integrity finally on the issue of Lasix, which admittedly is a controversial topic, you know, Doctor Anderson indicated that there is only one therapeutic indication for for Lasik or or or sales and that is IP H If you go to any major track in America today, If you're if you're just a casual fan and you open up the daily racing form, it is pretty apparent that 90 percent or more. Entrance are on lasik, I can tell you that 90 percent of those horses are not suffering from EMI PH. So if the only therapeutic indication is IP, HC, why are all? Of the other competitors on Lasik four hour administration is not necessarily required, but there is there is a scientific debate about that but the fact of the matter. We heard the testimony from the writer expert here that obviously a lower weight horse is as has a performance enhancement advantage and and so why do trainers to authorize third-party administration of Lasik to horses that don't have the problem? It's because it's performance enhancing it. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in my back.