we created eight regional fisheries councils to manage the living marine resources within that area.
A lot of this will come out. So don't feel you're being shortchanged because there's time yet.
Well, that's Washington, folks.
Do some of those eight guideline laws need to be changed?
Is it fair to say that sometimes the competing interests actually prevented things from getting done?
it's pretty democratic, folks. It's one of the most democratic regulatory regimes we have in America.
I realize that you, along with Congressmen Frank and Keating, are concerned about the unused rollover.
We'll get onto it--we'll get into it in the questioning.
We are extremely grateful to Mr. Kerry and other Senators for securing language in the Senate's bill to fund NMFS in FY12 that makes it clea...
I think that's a positive note. I think that that's encouraging, and it's good that we can do that rollover.
I want the truth and the fishermen want a better relationship.
I think the discussion is important, and everybody's had extra time, and I think that's been important.
Let me just emphasize this stock--and if you want to establish trust--nothing has frustrated us more over the last years--I mean, decades--t...
Senator Kerry, you pointed out the matter of rolling over quota that's relevant to that.
Congress should look into what changes can be made to these guidelines--either through statutory changes or otherwise--to achieve a greater ...
the reflex is, 'Let's say no.' The reflex is, 'Let's not have a catch.'
we're not talking about permanently fouling anything. We're not talking about people dying from bad air or being poisoned by bad water.
We had a bipartisan agreement--Senator Snowe and others in the Senate, Senator Brown, Senator Kerry.
