And I would remind everybody here that this comes into the discretionary portion of the Federal budget, which took $1 tr...
Why is it not working?
But what about the actual allocation? I mean, do you have an allocation--this is the catch share, so a downstream impact...
But we want the ability to go get that, and we need the help in order to do it.
All of us have joined together in trying to urge the issuance of a disaster declaration to provide holdover assistance t...
I often link our fishing folks to the same industry, to farming. They live off the sea, live off the land, but they're r...
You worked closely with Senator Stevens to rewrite the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Following decades of problems, there are now glimmers of hope.
I have taken fishing issues in this region very seriously. And I am firmly committed to many of the reforms that have be...
If we're going to have any industries left of any kind, we need to be successful in that Super Committee work.
we were partners. We were a team. And he was passionate about fishing, about the oceans.
it is time for the road blocks to come down. It's time for NOAA to begin to work with our fishermen.
Sadly, each year, our fleet is vanishing. Each year, families who for generations have bravely and proudly fished our wa...
Just as Massachusetts was the foundation for this nation, the fishing industry was the foundation of our economy.
We have to get the money. Look, we understand.
When the government steps in and creates a dislocation rather than Mother Nature, and people are selling their boats or ...
I would like to thank you for your leadership over the many years on fisheries, oceans, and climate issues.
Together, I believe we can and will do better.
