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112th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs Legislative Hearing on H.R. 511

Thursday, November 29, 2012 | 10:30 AM 1334 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, OCEANS AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, November 29, 2012
10:30 a.m.





LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

  • H.R. 511 (Rooney), To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes.

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable John Fleming
Chairman

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Dr. Brady Barr
Dangerous Encounters
National Geographic Channel
(Truth in Testimony Form)

John Kostyack
Vice President
National Wildlife Federation
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Shawn K. Heflick
The Python Hunters
National Geographic Channel
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Colette Sutherland
“The Snake Keeper”
Spanish Fork, UT
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Peter Jenkins
Executive Director
National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Andrew Wyatt
President
United States Association of Reptile Keepers
(Truth in Testimony Form)