Jim Saxton: “It is clear that in Prince Ermias we have someone who understands, and can help stabilize the entire Horn of Africa.”

The amendment that we are debating is, I think, a pretty commonsense amendment. The military, DOD, came to us and said, we need some limited relief from the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. This gives them…

That is what this piece of legislation, this resolution is about. It says that, in effect, if the parties who go to ICCAT and make an agreement on the amount, the number, or the amount of tonnage of fish to be taken do not comply with…

If you can clearly indentify a problem and a solution, then everyone will work together to accomplish the goal. If there is scientific uncertainty, distrust and animosity, then the process of cooperatively working together to find a…

The last speaker from the minority I think misrepresented the situation. This process started in January. We have been through the subcommittee process. The gentleman went through the subcommittee process, had ample time to make his…