I was amazed when I got here that somehow, when you get inside the Beltway, the law of net present value does not apply.
My only concern as a policymaker is that we not be seduced by the rosy projections that never manifest themselves.
How do we deal with the $18 trillion debt? I mean, balancing the budget would be nice, but we have still got an $18 tril...
Have you done any analysis of the economic effect of people being freed from their employer based health insurance and, ...
I guess that is the way I look at it, that they have plenty of endangered species that they do need to watch out for.
My understanding is that it was not enforced until 2012.
I appreciate very much your having this hearing today, and I am glad to be here with my colleagues.
I appreciate the huge issues we have on invasive species and endangered species, and that is a very, very important part...
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 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?
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.
Particularly since other shellfish are exempt, so this is kind of uniquely set aside when lobsters and clams are not.
It is a fundamental unfairness, because there is another layer of paperwork and there are more fees involved.
It is absolutely unacceptable, in my opinion.
I think they will; so far we have not been able to come to an agreement.
