Massie is probably trying to head off the Feds who may be planning to kill most of our poultry, pigs and beef very soon, to "save us from Avian flu."

For those that question whether this legislation is needed, it's not. A simple reading of the 10th Amendment (and the 1st, and possibly the 4th, I would argue) should make this sort of action by the Feds impossible. However, that's not the regime we have now. The current SCOTUS case that is attacking "Chevron Deference" may ultimately pull the teeth from all of these three letter agencies, but right now they absolutely have the power and ammunition/manpower to kill off a lot of our livestock. Which is insane, but that's reality.

Massie is probably trying to head of the Feds who may be planning to kill most of our poultry, pigs and beef very soon, to "save us from Avian flu."

For those that question whether this legislation is needed, it's not. A simple reading of the 10th Amendment (and the 1st, and possibly the 4th, I would argue) should make this sort of action by the Feds impossible. However, that's not the regime we have now. The current SCOTUS case that is attacking "Chevron Deference" may ultimately pull the teeth from all of these three letter agencies, but right now they absolutely have the power and ammunition/manpower to kill off a lot of our livestock. Which is insane, but that's reality.