S373 Hearing - Live Stream

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.c...ngs.LiveStream

Not the only thing being heared

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.c...5-d987acc7d6e7

So this is going on right now huh?

Yes among several other bills being heard in the same time,

Hard to listen to some of these sometimes....

Such blinded eyes

Must be a pretty big dollar sign they can't see past

Wish I could stream from work. :(

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Originally Posted by 2kdime

Hard to listen to some of these sometimes....

Such blinded eyes

Must be a pretty big dollar sign they can't see past

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What kind of stuff have they been saying? I don't have speakers at the moment! Is it not looking to bright?

I was late to the party but havent heard any mention of snakes yet - wild hogs and asian carp so far.

And now they have adjourned - does this mean I missed the good stuff?


dr del

Missed the snake stuff Derek.

Pretty much said the same stuff as before.

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Missed the snake stuff Derek.

Pretty much said the same stuff as before.

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What's that? They don't have enough info to make a decision?

This is just the subcommittee

Theres no final decision on anything

Basically they are saying that they want to do something about it.

USARK's Twitter feed says that the USFWS wants to add all nine snakes from the USGS paper to the bill. A senator asked that they contact Sen. Nelson to see if he agrees to modify the bill to add them.

Did they present that letter from the academic and scientific community that questioned the validity of the USGS study?

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

Did they present that letter from the academic and scientific community that questioned the validity of the USGS study?

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no and they are not going to
this was a one sided meeting

All of the Senate EPW Committee members had a copy of the USARK/scientist letter. I spent all day Wednesday and Thursday visiting with each members staff and discussing S. 373. Each staff member received a packet of information which included talking points, my testimony on behalf of the National Pet Association, the letter from the 11 scientists to the House Subcommittee, the Pyron niche model study, and PIJACs summarized response to the USGS report release last month. I'll be following up with each staff member I spoke with tomorrow and back in DC Monday - Thursday next week for additional meetings.

The link below is the written testimony we submitted for the Senate EPW hearing today. (It's a PDF and will require Adobe Reader)

Senate EPW Testimony - 12.03.09

Thank you to everyone that called, faxed, and emailed. Your collective voice is being heard. This is the fight of our lives, please be strong and stay ready, we can't do it without you.

Blessings,

-adam

I can only imagine the time given by you and other members of USARK to keep us fighting these guys.

Thanks brother.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Thank you to everyone that called, faxed, and emailed. Your collective voice is being heard. This is the fight of our lives, please be strong and stay ready, we can't do it without you.

Blessings,

-adam

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I can only imagine the time given by you and other members of USARK to keep us fighting these guys.

Thanks brother.

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And thanks go to you, USARK, PIJAC, and all the others who are in D.C. fighting this on the front lines...

I wish I could have watched it but, since I am in the military, and working on base, using a government computer, and due to the firewalls in place, the government has managed to block alot of it's own websites... :weirdface


Rob

Just tell us what to do next--we're ready.

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

And thanks go to you, USARK, PIJAC, and all the others who are in D.C. fighting this on the front lines...

I wish I could have watched it but, since I am in the military, and working on base, using a government computer, and due to the firewalls in place, the government has managed to block alot of it's own websites... :weirdface


Rob

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if i was them i would block their websites also lol

Well, that news just ruined my day completley. It seems money means more to people then science or freedom. Mankinds fear of diffrence and that which they do not understand will be our undoing.

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Originally Posted by Derrick13

Well, that news just ruined my day completley. It seems money means more to people then science or freedom. Mankinds fear of diffrence and that which they do not understand will be our undoing.

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perhaps we should just get some snakes on oprah then everyone would have them

If only .

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perhaps we should just get some snakes on oprah then everyone would have them

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But then, all she'd have to say is, "I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with one in my home," or something like that, and we'd be in even bigger trouble than we already are.

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perhaps we should just get some snakes on oprah then everyone would have them

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Well Oprah supports HSUS so that probably would not happen.

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Originally Posted by snakemastercanada

Well Oprah supports HSUS so that probably would not happen.

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one thing i have learned from her antics is that she is all about $