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This morning at 10AM the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans & Wildlife will hold a hearing on HR 669 Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Act. Although its primary sponsor is Delegate Madeleine Bordallo of Guam, it is a bill written by powerful special interests in order to destroy our industry along with others.

The Reptile Nation has pulled together like never before under the leadership of USARK and has engineered a grass roots campaign of epic proportions. Together we delivered 49,229 letters opposing HR 669 to the Subcommittee. That is a colossal achievement. Together we followed that up with thousands of phone calls that literally jammed up Congressional staff. It is an unprecedented effort that will not go unrewarded. The Reptile Nation cannot be ignored.

It is my belief that this bill will be passed by the Subcommittee and forwarded on to the full House Natural Resources Committee. Do not despair. We have not lost this fight. All of your hard work will pay off. We will beat this bill in the full committee. Do not quit now so very close to Victory. We must refocus our efforts, but if you follow my lead we will prevail. You have proven your mettle as true Warriors, and a hard fought Victory is all the more sweet to savor. Stand by for directions on the next step of our grass roots attack on HR 669!

You can be proud of what you have accomplished. There will be no compromise, no back room deals to give away the farm. The underlying intent of this bill is not the stated intent. It is fundamentally flawed and cannot be fixed. We have fought hard, and will continue to fight for TOTAL VICTORY! Mark my words... this bill will die in committee! It won't be a definitive end, but it won't make it out of committee... as long as we continue to fight hard. Be prepared to make grass roots part of your bottom line and we will be a powerful force to reckon with on any and all issues we engage.

Thank you for your Dedicated Efforts,

Andrew

Click her to read USARK Hearing Testimony

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Andrew Wyatt
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any comments on the Hearing?
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Seems like they talked a lot about the fish trade and such.. I only caught the last hour or so and missed the ending...

The politicians sounded pretty clueless, especially the one from the USVI..

Wondering why Ralph Davis / Boaphile weren't there to represent the reptile industry if they had that one guy talk about his fish tilapia plant for so long..
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I thought Tom Wolfe was going to represent the reptile nation today????? Was there anyone representing us there?

This is not a issue about US this is a issue about WE. The worst thing we can do is separate us the reptile community from the rest of the pet community. Our community needs to be united with the bird fish and small mammal community if we are going to stop this. The reptile community did a great job but we are a small part of a major issue and if we don't work together we will lose.

I think Marshall Did a amazing job today and this is just the first step!
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Agreed! Unity is the key! I was concerned that WE may not have been represented to a point that the subcommittee received some education in certain areas of concern.

Did Marshall address/educate the subcommittee on key points concerning reptiles?

I'm at work and am trying to get clues to this periodically on my breaks... Via my PDA.

Thanks

I felt good that Mr. brown is likely to oppose based on what he conveyed at the hearing and the additional items he wanted entered in to the official record. He understood the economic impact to the business community and jobs as well. I also felt like answers to the committee were vague and speculation from fish and wildlife.

seemed pretty reasonable, from what I remember. Also seemed like he was concerned about state's rights and keeping those intact.

Today is a demonstration of how much influence we can have if we all unite behind this common cause.

We need to continue to grow, organize and make sure our voices are heard.

Thanks to USARK for all their hard work.

Oz
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