This overly precautionary level of management is affecting the economies of our coastal communities.

commercial and recreational fishing are being restricted due to inadequate or old data.

coastal communities are feeling the pain of tough economic times, and fishermen are having a hard time making ends meet.

There is a difference between having input and having a seat at the table.

The Honorable John Fleming

This type of monitoring cannot be done by the States alone and therefore should continue to be funded.

Cutting and limiting the use of DERA funding, which has shown a consistent high return on its investment--for every $1 invested, we get over $13 in health and economic benefits in return--just doesn't make sense.

This recently reauthorized program is a bipartisan, common sense approach to cutting toxic diesel emissions that threaten the lives of our communities and our children.

I think America needs to wake up to Agenda 21, the United Nations, and this administration's violation of our liberties, violation of the proper role of the Federal Government and the State governments.

This broader question of the complexity of the Tax Code should give impetus to all of us to look at fundamental tax reform.

Finally, is it fair to say that there has been no change in IRS practice with regard to what triggers audits and so forth with regard to tax exempt organizations as a whole?

The Subcommittee looks forward to hearing from Commissioner Shulman about steps being taken by the Agency to deliver timely service to American taxpayers during this filing season.

I am determined to find a way through this maze of all the fancy financing to figure out a way to get back to that.

$7 million, they have been at that level for, I do not know, 30 years.

the Department of the Interior is pushing to remove some of these same structures at an expedited rate without regard to the effect on fisheries.

I have learned, as the Chair of this Committee, that there is great value and actually great strength in small businesses.

Efforts to create Marine Protected Areas are growing even as questions about their effectiveness are being raised.

the cost has doubled since the original estimates.