You have to remember that these are politicians and the only "best interest" they have at heart is their own. This is how they keep their jobs. They know most of their voters don't keep reptiles, so they cause a small scale panic based on an over-inflated, media created problem, then they can pass a law and "save the day." Then during the next election they will brag and highlight how they defeated the dreaded Pythonzilla, yet they will say nothing about how they raised taxes on the middle class working American, unemplyment exceeded 20%, and how they spent several more trillions of dollars we don't have, and sent more companies packing and heading overseas. It's basically a smokescreen to hide the fact that they can't solve real problems and issues. And in closing, remember: There is no such thing as a honest politician, only those who haven't been caught yet. Politicians, by their very nature, are bovine feces artists who have bovine fecalled their way to the top...
Rob