I just want to echo the point that Senator Tillis made about over-regulation.
In my experience, it's because of the convenience, but also because our servicemen and women want to better themselves.
I'm very worried about, if there is an ulterior motive to just ban ivory. And we have to really fight back against that;...
We need to take a hard look at the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the restrictions that Act has on the transportation ...
States like California and now New Jersey... have gone well beyond the Federal standard
I think it's great. Actually, it's unusual in the EPW hearing like this where all the witnesses agree.
We can't let this get to the point where the ulterior motive of some--and I'm sure it's out there--banning all ivory, wh...
While perhaps well-intentioned, these State bans have had the unintended consequences of limiting the ability to trade a...
What more can the Federal Government--what more can Secretary Jewell--what more can Dan Ash--it's one thing to put out a...
this ban does not apply to walrus ivory, and recognize the importance that this is having on the Alaska Native community...
Yes.
They knew.
the Marine Mammal Protection Act explicitly allows Alaska Natives to harvest walrus for subsistence purposes
So it wasn't a mistake?
As a lead--as leaders in the Senate, both Chairman Sullivan and Senator Murkowski, I believe it is your responsibility t...
It sounds like the President Obama statement makes it sound like he might have a goal of banning all ivory or something ...
Let me followup on that.
These regulations have, in turn, unfortunately, and from our perspective, misguidedly spawned several State laws that br...
