In 2005, as Chairman of this Committee, I held a series of hearings on chemical security.
Our fisheries are being devastated, as you well know. I mean, absolutely devastated--barely hanging on because of the Fe...
I truly am disturbed about the lack of certainty with respect to this type of decision, on which we should have the very...
I understand the pain and agony right now in your fisheries, and we have a lot of lessons that we have learned in Alaska...
I'm not arguing so much for or against the Catch Share as I am arguing about where you're drawing the money from.
I and 14 of my colleagues sent a letter to you and to Fish and Wildlife stating our opposition to listing the tuna.
I think it's staggering, to be honest with you.
There has to be a level of urgency, very aggressive, assertive leadership, and a timetable for which to accomplish it.
I find this counterintuitive at best.
It doesn't even acknowledge what our fishermen have been doing: following for many years the scientific and regulatory o...
It's not so much that you're doing it in Catch Shares, as where you're taking it from.
I think there should be a responsibility in that regard to say, 'This is what we're going to do to help.'
I was horrified to see some of these examples.
I do not want our country to lose the edge in the development of alternative energy, particularly offshore wind, because...
Maybe there should be a requirement in that regard. Any regulation that's going to devastate a fishery, there has to be ...
Last year, to address this need for better data, I and Senator Carper introduced the Comprehensive National Mercury Moni...
Well, I guess the point that I would make is the Department has done a first-rate job of implementing this law. It has m...
It was very disappointing, and it also does nothing to advance what is an important debate and legitimate disagreements ...
