mr. gallegly and mr. peters who worked together to produce this bipartisan bill and i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. gallegly: i yield myself such time as i may consume. first of all, i would ask unanimous consent that i have a statement from congressman jim moran from virginia be placed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gallegly: mr. chairman, i want to thank chairman conyers and my good friend subcommittee chairman bobby scott and my ranking member lamar smith for working closely with me to draft the bill that would help put a stop to the sale of animal crush videos while at the same time addressing the first amendment concerns that were raised by the recent supreme court ruling. the district attorney of ventura county, california first brought this issue to my attention back in 1999. he explained that although crush videos were il