HR669 ban on importation of many animals. PETITION!

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Darryl Roxas and I am opposed to the HR699 bill.

I WILL DESTROY YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Ok folks I am going to be a wet blanket.. this petition is not going going to hold any weight.

Here is an Email from Andrew Wyatt of USARK. Emails and faxes are going to be the least effective way of contact. Emails and Faxes get lost or deleted. You will need to send in Letters. I recommend doing what Andrew Wyatt suggested and read his email he sent out. Please refer to this thread on this site for more information on the last few pages I have posted tons of information.

If you did this petition, please go that extra Mile and step and send hard copy letters. Nothing holds more weight than PHYSICAL paper.. Just imagine a actual Ton of letters filling the offices at Congress? I think they will get the hint when they see that.

Urgent Letter to the Reptile Nation / HR669
Reptile Nation,
I know that we are facing dangerous and confusing times for the Reptile Community. Our end is upon us if we don't take decisive action to save ourselves. We have the power to decide our own future if we will only wake up and do what needs to be done!!
Thank you to those of you who have taken it upon yourself to take action. I know it has been frustrating. Congress is not set up to be reached by email. We have experienced broken links, constituent filters, blocks and deletions. But our opponents at HSUS lobbying for the bill have faced the same setbacks; although they have shown up in much larger numbers. As for the groups opposing the bill, USARK has generated the most contacts according to congressional staffers. But we must do much better or we will fail.
I just returned from a trip to Capitol Hill. Our lobbyist Tom Wolfe set up meetings with both sides of the Congressional Subcommittee considering HR669. We also did drop in visits to subcommittee member offices to make our case. Support was split down party lines. The Republicans support us and the Democrats oppose us. The Democrat side can win with a straight party line vote. The good news is that since meeting with USARK the Ranking Republican Rep Harry Brown, SC contacted me and has made this bill a priority. He has given us precise instructions on how to most effectively contact the subcommittee.
The Reptile Community must wake up or all will be lost. This is a huge mailing list. Yet only a few are taking action to contact the subcommittee. If everyone on this list did their part we would avalanche the subcommittee and make our point. We could kill HR669. We need to get off our lazy asses and start writing and calling the subcommittee members. The Hearing is on the 23rd of this month. That is all the time we have to save ourselves from being completely destroyed... and make no mistake, if HR669 passes the Reptile Community will be decimated overnight.
Rep Brown's office suggests we focus on direct contact with subcommittee members. That means written letters followed up by phone calls. They are telling us that email and fax are the least effective way to contact members... they get lost and deleted. We need to call and write. They are also saying to send the letters directly to our lobbyist and have him deliver them in mass to the subcommittee members. If you are focusing on other activities STOP until after you complete this important task. Start calling and writing. The Key is IN MASS!!! It has greater impact that way. The time is now to fight for your life. We must convince several Democrats to oppose HR669 to prevail.
This is what we need to do:

  1. Write a letter to each member of the subcommittee. Click this link http://www.usark.org/uploads/hr669sample.pdf for the sample letter from our archive and names and phone numbers for committee members.
  2. Label each envelope w/ the committee members name and your name and return address.
  3. Put all these letters in a large manila envelope and send to: Tom Wolfe, 6246 Lee Hwy, Arlington, VA 22205
  4. Call each member of the subcommittee- you will be speaking with staff. Let them know you Oppose HR669. Be civil, but tell them how this will effect you and your family.
  5. Check where members are from. If any of the members are your district representatives, or are from your state, make sure they know you are their constituent.
If we are not annihilated by HR669 be prepared to do this over and over again. From now on political action will be needed regularly to maintain our rights. If you have not joined USARK please click the link on the bottom of the page and protect your rights. Please post this letter on every forum and social networking site you can think of.
Sincerely,
Andrew Wyatt
President USARK
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Craig Wood from Pennsylvania, and I am opposed to proposed bill HR669. This bill would put the $45 billion a year pet industry out of business. We are not asking for any handouts like the banking and automotive industries. Just please don't pass a law that will effectively put us all out of business, and make millions unemployed, virtually overnight. What about all the animals currently in the care of Americans? Where would they get the food and supplies needed to live. Please everyone, oppose bill HR669.
 
Victoria L. Wasser, I am opposed to the proposed HR669 bill.
Thomas L. Wasser, I am opposed to the proposed HR669 bill.
 
I'm very late to the game on this, but I'm truly and honestly not worried about this at all. The bill has no co-sponsors and is currently in committee where the majority of bills go to die. With no co-sponsors the chances of this bill making it out of committee are extremely slim. On top of that, I could find no PACS or lobbying groups that actually support this bill which makes the chances even slimmer. I think people are panicking about nothing TBH.
 
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I'm very late to the game on this, but I'm truly and honestly not worried about this at all. The bill has no co-sponsors and is currently in committee where the majority of bills go to die. With no co-sponsors the chances of this bill making it out of committee are extremely slim. On top of that, I could find no PACS or lobbying groups that actually support this bill which makes the chances even slimmer. I think people are panicking about nothing TBH.
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Sorry its not a panic at all. This bill needs to be shown we do not want it.
Instead of thinking it will not pass, contact the names on the list. Send out emails, send out letters, make phone calls next week. Anything but post, I do not think it will pass.

It has a very good chance of passing and our hobby has a very good chance of going under.

So everyone needs to do their best, please contact these people. If you can not make 10 phone calls, just do one. Make it to
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Ch)(NP-Guam)
427 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-5301
202/225-1188 (Washington Tel. #)
202/226-0341 (Washington Fax #)
120 Father Duenas Ave., Suite 107
Hagatna, GUAM 96910
671/477-4272 (District Tel. #)
671/477-2587 (District Fax #)
http://www.house.gov/bordallo/IMA/issue.htm

If we do not stand up for our rights, no one will. So stand up and be counted instead of sitting on the couch or in front of the computer.
 
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