Whenever the Animals Rights folks start suing someone we have always wondered who actually paid for those lawsuits. We are going to point out some interesting information for you to think about.The 1980 Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) was enacted to help the little guy, not to fund the big guy. Now it seems that is really not the case. When Congress passed EAJA in 1980, it was supposed to "help individuals, small businesses and nonprofits with limited means seek judicial redress against the federal government".
We would like to quote Rep. Rob Bishop (Utah) one of the sponsors of H.R. 4717 a bill to bring oversight and full public disclosure of payments made under the 1980 Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), "For too long, taxpayers have unwittingly served as the financiers of the environmental litigation industry. Without improved oversight, EAJA will continue to be abused by organizations that have made a cottage industry out of suing the federal government in an effort to advance their radical political agendas".
The bill, H.R. 4717, would "reinstate and consolidate tracking and reporting requirements under the Department of Justice and would require DOJ to publish an online, searchable database of EAJA payments that is open to the public. It would also authorize an audit of the last 15 years when EAJA operated with absolutely no oversight," We can't wait to see the hurt and anguish that the Animals Rights folks will display if and when this bill should get passed. Millions of tax dollars (37 Million Dollars) have gone to big groups like Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and The Humane Society of the United States.The Indiana Council for Animal Welfare will be paying close attention to the status of this bill as it progresses through its journey into being signed into law for all of us the tax paying citizens of Indiana and this great country.
"Because the government has neglected to provide oversight, EAJA has become a breeding ground for abuse by radical environmental groups," NCBA president Steve Foglesong said in a statement. "The fact that millions of dollars in taxpayer funds have been awarded with virtually no accounting of who received the payments is unacceptable."
So the next time you eat a great Indiana steak from an Indiana farmer pray that no one from the Animals Rights side sues to take that privilege from you, because YOUR tax dollars just might be helping them to take that privilege from you!
We would like to quote Rep. Rob Bishop (Utah) one of the sponsors of H.R. 4717 a bill to bring oversight and full public disclosure of payments made under the 1980 Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), "For too long, taxpayers have unwittingly served as the financiers of the environmental litigation industry. Without improved oversight, EAJA will continue to be abused by organizations that have made a cottage industry out of suing the federal government in an effort to advance their radical political agendas".
The bill, H.R. 4717, would "reinstate and consolidate tracking and reporting requirements under the Department of Justice and would require DOJ to publish an online, searchable database of EAJA payments that is open to the public. It would also authorize an audit of the last 15 years when EAJA operated with absolutely no oversight," We can't wait to see the hurt and anguish that the Animals Rights folks will display if and when this bill should get passed. Millions of tax dollars (37 Million Dollars) have gone to big groups like Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and The Humane Society of the United States.The Indiana Council for Animal Welfare will be paying close attention to the status of this bill as it progresses through its journey into being signed into law for all of us the tax paying citizens of Indiana and this great country.
"Because the government has neglected to provide oversight, EAJA has become a breeding ground for abuse by radical environmental groups," NCBA president Steve Foglesong said in a statement. "The fact that millions of dollars in taxpayer funds have been awarded with virtually no accounting of who received the payments is unacceptable."
So the next time you eat a great Indiana steak from an Indiana farmer pray that no one from the Animals Rights side sues to take that privilege from you, because YOUR tax dollars just might be helping them to take that privilege from you!
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