HR 669 : CONGRESSIONAL HEARING BANNING NONNATIVE SPECIES APRIL 23, 2009 ACTION NEEDED

[ewurm]

This is straight Anti-Federalist movement. These are rights that should be reserved to the states.

This is true. The Representative of Guam (do they pay U.S. taxes?) has overstepped her boundaries in proposing this broad and sweeping legislation. She has failed to foresee the economic impact on many Americans and also has failed to research the actual impact of invasive species as it pertains to individual states. This is irresponsible legislation, and even if it does not make it out of the house it has cost the tax payers millions of dollars of wasted productivity. Either Guam needs to start paying taxes, or they need to stop being represented. Representation without taxation is as Unamerican as taxation without representation.

 

[mike dunagan]

I have contacted my local House Rep. Please do the same

 

[loganh83]

I have contacted my local House Rep. Please do the same

Absolutely, positively right. All need to do this.

 

[pressure_cooker]

what will happen to the non native fish you currently keep if the bill passes?

 

[mike dunagan]

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ great way to find your rep...

Gives you numbers for reps in your state. Perhaps someone can write up a letter, and we can copy paste it and fax it to all the reps.

 

[cichlaguapote]

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ great way to find your rep...

Gives you numbers for reps in your state. Perhaps someone can write up a letter, and we can copy paste it and fax it to all the reps.

Wrote all 3 of my state reps off that list on their contact forms.

 

[Musha]

ok check this out.ON April 23rd 2009 The Natural Resources Committee of the U.S. Congress will hold a hearing on H.R. 669, a resolution that will in effect ban importation, interstate transport and the private ownership of most birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish as pets. Should HR669 be adopted as written only the following nonnative animals
would be allowed:

any cat (Felis catus)
cattle or oxen (Bos taurus)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
donkey or *** (Equus asinus)
domesticated members of the family Anatidae (geese)
duck (domesticated Anas spp.)
goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus)
horse (Equus caballus)
llama (Lama glama)
mule or hinny (Equus caballus x E. asinus)
pig or hog (Sus scrofa domestica)
domesticated varieties of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
sheep (Ovis aries)

Should this resolution be adopted into law as written it will have a devastating impact on every pet owner and business in the United States. Action is needed TODAY to protect your rights to keep your pets!

FH imports would be banned.

Another thing, that this bill would surely lead to if passed is increased poverty in the fish exporting countries around the world.

If it's suddenly illegal to import fish to the US, many fish farms in Asia and elsewhere, are going to go out of business....and what then, are these people going to do??...I can imagine a number of things.....

Thanks peoples...

 

[danz]

I used these links
Find your congressman here: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

You will need the last 4 of the zip XXXXX-XXXX which is available at the USPS site here http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

 

[bornasghost]

ha! ok, so....maybe just a coincidence...maybe, but um....isnt it strange that the people most effected by this law, ei. the lfs owners...seems to tend to also be foreign?
haha, umm, yeah...this sucks, and people are gonna get screwed. what happens to all the livestock they have in store?

 

[Acestro]

Not sure why I got censored before, but I oppose this bill and at the same time have concerns for our hobby:

http://forums.****************/index.php?showtopic=132305&st=10&gopid=1187810&