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I will just say to my friend, there is a problem with fertilizer runoff from agricultural lands. We've got it in the Puget Sound. These are serious matters that have to be dealt with, and to look the other way is not a solution. I yield to…
Reclaiming my time just to briefly say to the gentleman, what we have been doing isn't working. The oceans are in trouble. We have got acidification that affects our shellfish, and it's because of too much carbon dioxide going into the…
Let me just say that one of the problems we have is with runoff from agricultural lands that goes into the Chesapeake Bay, that goes into Puget Sound, that goes into the ocean, and that has to be dealt with in order to protect the oceans.
I concur with the gentleman. This is an effort to overturn a law that was passed in 2007 that says we're going to try to do the most energy-efficient approach to running the government. I mean, I think it's common sense, and I urge a…
This will not be a process that will continue. This is one time only. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment has been agreed to.
We have somebody who wanted to speak on this amendment. Could we ask unanimous consent that we go back and allow the gentleman from Missouri to strike the requisite number of words? The Acting CHAIR. Does the gentleman wish to strike the…
As I understand it, the American Community Survey is authorized by law and has been upheld by the courts. The ACS is authorized under Title 13, U.S. Code, the Census Act. On numerous occasions, the courts have judged that the Constitution…
This was from an east coast group of Atlantic fishermen. This wasn't west coast people. I quoted and I gave the title of the people who were----
I have been here since the Magnuson-Stevens Act was enacted. Catch shares are done by local councils of fishermen. It doesn't come out of Washington, D.C. Every region of the country has a regional group, and they determine what these…
I want to commend Mr. Wolf for what he just said. I agree with him, and I think it's a violation of our oath of office to do as she has suggested. So I hope we can vote this down. I yield back the balance of my time.
And it's $22 million. This is a big-time cut, and this would affect sensitive civil rights cases. So I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman…
It is our understanding that this affects climate change research, and we think that we should not support the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Harris). The question…