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SCHUMER:TRUMP ADMINISTRATION USDA IS HIDING CRITICAL INFO THAT HELPS PREVENT ANIMAL CRUELTY
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer ^ | 2/17/2017 | U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer

Posted on 02/17/2017 2:51:48 PM PST by mdittmar

After More Than a Decade of Providing the Public With Access to Animal Welfare Records, the USDA Suddenly Pressed ‘Delete’ On Its Online Database, Which Includes Info on Whether Animals Are Being Treated Humanely At Facilities Across the Country 

Following USDA’s Decision, Schumer Says USDA Must Re-establish Transparency & Help Deter Future Animal Welfare Violations 

Schumer: Animal Advocates Should Not Have To Play Tug Of War On Transparency With New Administration’s USDA 

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reverse its decision to remove inspection reports on animal facilities and related animal cruelty information from its website. The USDA annually inspects approximately 9,000 licensed facilities including dog and cat breeding facilities, laboratories and more.  Over the past decade, the USDA has provided the public with information on compliant and non-compliant licensees by posting inspection reports on its website. Schumer and his colleagues, which include Senator Menendez (D-NJ), wrote to the Acting Deputy Secretary of the USDA and asked that public access to animal welfare records be restored immediately

“When it comes to protecting animals and potential pets, the Trump administration’s USDA has just dropped the ball by doing away with access to information that safeguards vulnerable animals and outs abusive puppy mills,” said U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. “

(Excerpt) Read more at schumer.senate.gov ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animalcruelty; schumer; schumertrump; schumertrumpadm; sedition; usda
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To: mdittmar

Not even a month into the administration and they are already hiding animal cruelty. Just incredible. /sarcasm


41 posted on 02/17/2017 3:29:48 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: mdittmar

This must have just started 4 f$%#@ing weeks ago, because I didn’t hear anything about it before then.


42 posted on 02/17/2017 3:30:00 PM PST by ExpatCanuck
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To: mdittmar

Correctomundo. And Article I section 8 enumerates the delegations to the feds.


43 posted on 02/17/2017 3:31:39 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: mdittmar

Schmuckie - how about database on cruelty to unborn children?

A$$wagon


44 posted on 02/17/2017 3:37:00 PM PST by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

maybe pizza is the problem?


45 posted on 02/17/2017 3:41:10 PM PST by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA!)
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To: mdittmar
(Where Did the Animal Welfare Reports Go?)

Schumer is one reason why Donald Trump won the election.

46 posted on 02/17/2017 3:57:27 PM PST by yoe
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To: mdittmar
well this just poops on Schumer's parade

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalwelfare/enforcementactions/

Editor’s Note (Revised Feb. 7, 2017) The review of APHIS’ website has been ongoing, and the agency is striving to balance the need for transparency with rules protecting individual privacy. In 2016, well before the change of Administration, APHIS decided to make adjustments to the posting
47 posted on 02/17/2017 4:08:15 PM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: mdittmar

Chucky the clown


48 posted on 02/17/2017 4:48:38 PM PST by JEEZYPEEZY
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To: mdittmar

I have it on good authority that Trump is a poopy pants.


49 posted on 02/17/2017 4:54:00 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Freedom Trumps Fascism)
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To: mdittmar

USDA is about food. Not dogs.


50 posted on 02/17/2017 4:54:56 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: mdittmar

Scummer found a TV camera.


51 posted on 02/17/2017 5:23:35 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: mdittmar

If Schumer is hungry, I got a nice sandwich for him. Should I put mayo & mustard on my left, or my right?


52 posted on 02/17/2017 5:55:00 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: mdittmar

Schumer is a seditious POS.


53 posted on 02/17/2017 5:55:45 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: mdittmar

Put some ice on that butt hurt, Schmuckie! ..Commie POS! ...


54 posted on 02/17/2017 6:17:42 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (FU Shmuckie Shoomer (Rat-NY) and Prick Durbin(Rat-IL) Commie)
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To: mdittmar

Schumer sides with “refugees.” Halal meat is the ugliest death of animals. They literally torture them to death!


55 posted on 02/17/2017 8:55:15 PM PST by stilloftyhenight ("Victorious warriors win first, then go to war." Sun Tsu)
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To: mdittmar

Wow - the stress has really aged Schmuckey the last few weeks. He better take it easy for a while.


56 posted on 02/17/2017 10:13:54 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: mdittmar

Proves that Schumer knows all his crap is not getting traction - now he’s on a “Trump hates puppies” bout of flailing.


57 posted on 02/18/2017 2:41:38 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: stylin19a

But the previous administration ultimately decided to keep the information posted. These inspection reports are taxpayer funded. We have a right to see these records. Hopefully a massive public pressure campaign combined with lawsuits will force these animal abuse sympathizers to turn the situation around immediately.


58 posted on 02/27/2017 5:55:55 PM PST by erlayman (yw)
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To: erlayman
sorry i wasn't clear.
I don't disagree, but that's not the point I'm trying to make.
Chuck's a slime ball.

This was in the works long before Trump got elected and Schumer had to know it.
But here's chuck's quote:

“When it comes to protecting animals and potential pets, the Trump administration’s USDA has just dropped the ball..."

the Trump admin's USDA dropped the ball ?
59 posted on 02/27/2017 6:12:57 PM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: stylin19a

It is wrong no matter who or what administration does it, frankly I don’t care. The public pays for it and has a right to access the online searchable database of enforcement documentation from various operations regulated under animal welfare law. Purging them also no doubt violates various transparency and electronic information provisions among other laws.


60 posted on 02/27/2017 6:48:56 PM PST by erlayman (yw)
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