The ratio of CEO to worker compensation increasing from 400-1 to 4,000-1 during the past 20 years should convince anyone that this country is more and more being run by the wealthy for the benefit of the wealthy.

I am adamantly opposed to any type of processor quota share.

Under the provisions of GATT the holder of resource assets may have rights which supercede those of the state or Federal governments.

This entire process is about harvester reduction.

Please look past the attempt to cloak this greed under a respectable name like 'Rationalization'.

This is a question of national policy that reaches far beyond the domain of the Council.

Make no mistake we are governed by a Plutocracy.

I believe that that this legalized bribery system of ours is the root of corruption in this country.

The domestic issues of socioeconomic violence and antitrust law violations are bad enough; the international implications are truly frightening.

I would like the committee to consider the following points:

The decision that you, as our elected representatives, make will reach far beyond price negotiations for seafood.

In short, the processor share provisions of the Rationalization Plan may destroy the Magnuson Steven Act, and all American fisheries.

There is no reason to guarantee the four remaining companies a free ride for the rest of their corporate existence.

I would just urge us, using our oversight rule, to make sure that we don't allow the bureaucracy... to take apart the most successful program we've seen.

There needs to be that title, and it needs to be kept in place, because politically that sends a signal to the 1.2 million men and women across the country that they have an advocate in Washington.

It's unconscionable today that we have fire departments in neighboring towns that can't talk to each other...

What has happened to transformation?

The Army reported to the committee that they may need 42,000 to 43,000 additional soldiers, the Air Force 22,000 to 30,000 additional airmen, the Navy 10,000 additional sailors, and the Marine Corps an additional 5,000 marines.