May 9, 2002
I want to welcome our witnesses and everybody here, for what I consider to be an extraordinarily important hearing.
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John F. Kerry is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, Kerry previously represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate from 1985 to 2013. He was the Democratic nominee for President in 2004, losing to incumbent George W. Bush. Throughout his career, Kerry has focused on issues such as climate change, international relations, and veterans' affairs. He played a significant role in negotiating the Paris Agreement on climate change during his tenure as Secretary of State.
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May 9, 2002
That is literally what we have in our fisheries, not just in this country, but globally, and it's a serious problem.
May 9, 2002
Good morning. Today, the Subcommittee on Oceans Atmosphere and Fisheries is holding an oversight hearing on the current state of fishery and protected resource management in the United States.
May 9, 2002
Unfortunately, between terrorism, homeland security, what's happening in the Middle East, health care and a lot of other issues, the word 'crisis' gets obscured to a lot of Americans.
May 9, 2002
I want to get this reauthorization moving--it's been sitting around since 1999.
May 9, 2002
Thank you very much, all of you, for your testimonies. They're helpful, and we'll try to use these next minutes as valuably as possible.
May 9, 2002
I think it needs some good tweaking and hopefully we can all get together and do that.
May 9, 2002
I hope next month we might be in a position to try to move to a markup on that.
May 9, 2002
Assuming the removal of latent permits is permanent, how much further reduction in effort would be necessary to meet the requirements of Magnuson?