My Letter to Congress: H.R.2811 To amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor sna...

I am writing as your constituent in the 11th Congressional district of Texas. I oppose H.R.2811 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal., and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
I am a Disabled Combat Veteran and trying to ban the very animals I have as pets is not right. Many men and women in the U.S. Military have these same types of pythons as pets and this ban would prevent them from taking their animals with them when they move out of state.
This bill will also take away millions of dollars of revenue away from the U.S. if passed. Many breeders of these snakes in the U.S. will lose their main source of income and will be unemployed as well as the people they employ.
This bill was written on bogus science. It is a proven fact that Burmese Pythons can not live outside of southern Florida. In Texas you have to have a permit to own Burmese Pythons, North and South Africanpythins and Anacondas. I do agree with having to have permits and even a law about having to microchip a snake would be reasonable, but an all out ban is not.
I ask you in this letter to please oppose H.R.2811. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee opposes this bill and 96% of users on OpenCongress.org, a free, non-partisan resource, oppose H.R.2811. So please help us in our fight to be able to keep the animals so many of us love. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Tommy Garrett

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Dear Friend:
Thank you for contacting me regarding S. 373, a proposed bill that would add the entire Python species to the ?injurious wildlife? list under the Lacey Act.? I welcome your thoughts and comments.

On February 3, 2009, Senator Bill Nelson (R-FL) introduced this bill, which would amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the Python species as an injurious animal.? S. 373 was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works but was not considered by the full Senate prior to the adjournment of the 111th Congress. Should this legislation be reintroduced in the 112th Congress, you may be certain I will keep your views in mind.

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Sincerely,
Kay Bailey Hutchison
United States Senator

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