AIBS meeting participants say US Department of Homeland Security could coordinate efforts | By Eugene Russo
WASHINGTON, DC�Policymakers are not doing nearly enough to curb the negative ecological and economic consequences of invasive species, biologists said
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Getting the bill passed, however, will be a struggle, Ehlers said. Several committees have jurisdiction; coordinating policies across international borders is tricky; and some members of Congress need to be better educated about the issue. (According to Ehlers, at one hearing about the problem of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes, one puzzled representative asked why they should spend so much money on "zebras' muscles.")
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