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Stressful day on the Hill? Check out these adoptable bunnies at Rayburn

Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, holds Paxton, a 4-year-old rescue rabbit, during an event to note the importance of using cruelty-free products that are not tested on animals, in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, holds Paxton, a 4-year-old rescue rabbit, during an event to note the importance of using cruelty-free products that are not tested on animals, in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Kathryn Lyons and Thomas McKinless
Posted September 24, 2019 at 4:46pm

Advocacy groups brought adoptable bunnies to the Rayburn House Office building on Tuesday to promote upcoming legislation to ban testing on animals.

Heard on the Hill’s Kathyrn Lyons spoke with Rep. Tony Cárdenas, who plans to co-sponsor the legislation, and got some face time with the bunnies themselves.

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