House Committee report includes Lacey Act amendments

[Bogertophis]

-I don't even know what to say about this? But here it is anyway...

View this email in your browser House Committee Report with Lacey Act Amendments Lacey Act amendments regarding injurious species are included in a report from the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. It is titled, Reset, Prevent, Build: A Strategy to Win America’s Economic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party. This is not exactly the title of a document where these Lacey Act amendments would be expected and the inclusion is not germane to the report’s purpose regarding U.S.-China trade issues. Get more information at https://usark.org/23laceyhousereport/. Find A Vet Need a good herp veterinarian? The Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians (ARAV) can help. ARAV provides a free Find-A-Vet service at http://arav.site-ym.com/search/custom.asp?id=3661. Copyright © 2023 USARK, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: USARK3650 Sacramento Dr San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Add us to your address book

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I feel for the team that wrote this report. These are people that likely care a great deal about Chinese competition in the pharmaceutical industry. They wrote a report they were proud of, only to have their bosses demand that they include this utterly unrelated topic. It must have been so disheartening.

[Bogertophis]

I feel for the team that wrote this report. These are people that likely care a great deal about Chinese competition in the pharmaceutical industry. They wrote a report they were proud of, only to have their bosses demand that they include this utterly unrelated topic. It must have been so disheartening.

I agree, & if it were up to me, that sort of nonsense would stop immediately. It makes no sense to sneak irrelevant things onto other legislation, just to force a vote on them when they otherwise wouldn't be passed at all. It shouldn't be legal to do this, IMO. It's both sneaky & lazy on the part of those doing this, neither of which is good.