Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) on Tuesday read aloud a passage of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s memoir in which she describes shooting her pet dog, Cricket, during a committee markup on a bill related to deporting migrants who harm animals.

In the House Judiciary Committee meeting, Moskowitz offered up a “spirited reading” of Noem’s book, after first correcting his colleagues who had been referring to Cricket as a dog.

“Actually, it was a puppy. It was 14 months old,” Moskowitz insisted. “And that puppy had a name. Say its name: Cricket. OK? That puppy had a name.”

Several of Moskowitz’s colleagues snickered as he proceeded to read the passage.

“It starts: ‘I hated that dog … . The dog, on the way home from a pheasant hunt, was untrainable, and it went to go attack the chickens. And, at that moment, I realized I had to put her down. So, I grabbed a gun and led Cricket to a gravel pit. It wasn’t a pleasant job, but it had to be done.”