It is my intention to keep the hearing in session.
Well, let me thank both of you, and we look forward to working with you as we try to improve our tools to deal with this...
I think Senator Barrasso raises a very valid point about industries in America depending upon diversity in species.
Well, what worries me is that, if you are correct, that this all of a sudden you see a huge increase
Senator Levin will be adding his perspective on the threats to the Great Lakes.
I think each of the members' opening statements points that we have a common challenge around the Nation on dealing with...
We, in this region, look at the Chesapeake Bay partnership with the Federal Government as an area of major national prio...
We already have a problem with the survival of juvenile crabs, the blue crabs.
I am trying to understand when you consider it urgent to act quickly.
We do know that it is related to human activity, and we need to talk about that.
I know that Senator Lautenberg will be talking about the bats, a keystone species in the food web.
Senator Levin, in talking about the threats to the Great Lakes; and Senator Nelson, who will talk about the unique wildl...
I want to thank my colleague and friend, Senator Whitehouse, for arranging for this joint hearing.
Thank you very much.
If the Chinese mitten crab is going to be competing with that, it could complicate the survival of the blue crab in Mary...
the related issue is that there is an intentional introduction of an invasive species, the Asian oyster
There is a disease, white-nose syndrome, which is causing us to lose a lot of our bat colonies.
In my own State of Maryland, we have dealt with the nutria.
