Ted Stevens: “It specifically states in the bill that it's for an emergency essential to support activities and agencies in Iraq or…”

I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.

Joe Walker is not a number.

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.

The whole purpose of the Act is to protect our fisheries and have a conservation ethic to be the major goal.