Particularly since other shellfish are exempt, so this is kind of uniquely set aside when lobsters and clams are not.
Pingree and I, in this case, we represent about 650 very hard-working, honest Mainers up and down the coast.
It is absolutely unacceptable, in my opinion.
I think the fishermen, working with the legislature and the Maine Department of Resources, have done a phenomenal job of...
I do think again--we are talking about the separation here--about whether this is an import into Maine for processing an...
I appreciate the huge issues we have on invasive species and endangered species, and that is a very, very important part...
It is a fundamental unfairness, because there is another layer of paperwork and there are more fees involved.
I do want you to understand that we appreciate how much back-and-forth we have had with Fish and Wildlife, with the enfo...
So, we would be particularly interested in what happens with the exports.
It is very hard to go back and explain to people why we have to defend this practice.
I appreciated Ranking Member Huffman's suggestion--of all the possibilities, wouldn't it be possible to do this as a spo...
How much of an impediment is having to go through this to you and other businesses like yours?
If it is a short enough time, it is not going to be worth the amount of money that the manufacturer--well, they are not ...
What we are finding is that a lot of these companies are not doing the manufacturing, and so it is a very new and intere...
We need to work to try to get them back into compliance with it.
It seems to me there's a real dilemma at the core of this discussion, and that is, How do we increase our deterrence in ...
That may be good.
That's reassuring.
