Every dollar we spend now on incarceration actually makes the country less safe.

Many of us on both sides of the aisle believe that we've gotten past the point of diminishing returns in terms of incarceration.

In Louisiana, we incarcerate more people per capita than anywhere in the world--not the United States, the world.

When you add up the offshore production in Federal waters for Alaska, California, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama and you multiply it times about three or four, that is how much offshore production you have in Louisiana.

Sustainability of fisheries is a critical priority to me.

We have got a couple institutions of higher learning in Massachusetts, well, and a couple in Cambridge, too.

The pathway from the basic research to the commercialization to bringing these products to market to helping people is, I think, a critical one for policymakers to understand.

There is this belief that you cannot have proper management of fisheries without a marine monument designation or a sanctuaries designation. That is not the case.

You can actually manage these things, and they can co-exist.

Because I know cases where you have certain populations of species that actually become explosive, to the detriment of other species.

Instead of punishing New England's fishermen--and shutting down their businesses--federal officials should be acknowledging their positive role as stewards of the ocean's environmental resources.

Wait, so the green initiative of the green President was thwarted by permitting?

I strongly urge the Committee to give the legislation thoughtful consideration as we move toward reauthorization.

I strongly urge this committee to give the legislation thoughtful consideration as we move towards reauthorization on September 30.

As you might guess, there is a lot of existential anxiety among my agricultural producers, and they are afraid that if we modernize the NAFTA act--or put it this way: Mexico has made some statements which suggest that they would retaliate…

I mentioned that to someone else, and they said the reason some of those car companies moved to Mexico is that Mexico has a trade agreement with both the EU and the United States that allows goods to move back and forth without tariff.

ASFPM is very supportive of Section 203 in the Cassidy-Gillibrand bill that increases the coverage limits of ICC to $75,000.

I will just say, again, now quoting Pogo, 'We've met the enemy, and he is us.' It is incredible.