So if somebody is looking to buy a boat, and if red snapper is their thing, it's hard for them to decide, 'I want to fork over a considerable amount of money,' if they don't know how much fishing they're going to be able to do.

I would like to thank my Senator for sponsoring Senate Bill 1520, the Modern Fish Act.

I think that's what you're saying and the other witnesses are saying about how recreational fishermen are conservationists because we know, along with Mother Earth, that we don't want to keep these things, we want to use them over and over.

This is a very important issue to me. And I come from an area that is booming right now.

The money that is spent improperly could have been used to build out broadband.

This is part of the infrastructure program that we need to be doing, as Americans.

The Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 (S. 1534), sponsored by Senator Wicker, is based on the premise that recreational and commercial fishing are fundamentally different activities and therefore require different…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 77, S. 174. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 174) was…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 19, S. 96. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 96) was…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 113, S. 88. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the bill? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? The bill (S. 88), as amended, was passed.

my esteemed colleague from Delaware says that we have plenty to do when we get back, and he is, certainly, correct. I would join many of my colleagues today, though, in pointing out that in the last 3 days, we have actually gotten…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 17, S. 19. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 117, S. 134. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be considered and agreed to, the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 123) was…