Chamber of Commerce opposes S373.

[Adam_Wysocki]

They're not really wrong about that, they're just not bright enough to realize this is not one of those cases.

It's wrong when that use of power becomes abusive to the liberties of Americans. If today they feel that a USFW risk analysis is too slow and they should instead list pythons & boas themselves as injurious with no scientific testimony, no study of the true economic impact, what happens when the next issue comes up?

What happens when they decide that the appointment of Federal judges is too slow? Do they just use their majority to skip that process, change the rules, and appoint who they want?

What happens when they decide that passing health care is taking too long? Do they decide to start changing the system through the use of their majority to make that move in their favor as well?

If the injurious listing process is too slow, they should fix it. The Democrats in Congress have no business taking the duties of the Department of the Interior into their own hands and altering laws.

Something to think about ... if this were really that big of a problem, the Secretary of the Interior has emergency listing authority, he could put all of these animals onto the Lacey Act with the stroke of a pen whenever he wants.

-adam