I think that your organization is interpreting the Act in a way that it was not intended.
It's essential that we balance economic interests with environmental protection.
How are we going to do it if we don't have the scientific data?
I'm distressed at the fact that we don't have updated data in which to make our assessments.
I think this is essential to obtaining an accurate count of the recreational catch.
It would be helpful to develop a scorecard because I suspect that as you went back and looked at other reports, some of ...
I think we can reconvene, here.
I would agree. And I'm looking at perhaps sponsoring that legislation, myself.
Our approach is to find the plan and work our way into it, so that we don't get into a situation where, in order to meet...
Could you give us what their recommendations were, or what their conclusions were, with respect to, first, the Russell S...
In that regard, Ms. Chrisler, probably the act requires you to take certain actions for inspections. It doesn't specify ...
And if it needs to be modified, it wouldn't necessarily prohibit self-inspections with oversight.
Approval of the trade agreements with Panama and Colombia have been delayed for more than 5 years.
And I would say that it is enormously important that we come together on a bipartisan basis and find a way to lock in th...
the United States is, from a global perspective, in a competition for influence.
I think that it is going to play a key role in the Middle East, where we can set up, as you mentioned, we can set up U.N...
So I think that in Haiti and in other places, where we would possibly have had troops, the U.N. is covering that for us.
Reform first. Pay later.
