This draft addresses the requests of fishermen, fishing communities, fishery management Councils.
The fishermen who are directly impacted have requested flexibility.
If all those 'nots' that the Chairman talked about are sincere, then we need to make a lot of revisions to this bill to deliver on the promi...
Instead, we are considering legislation that would undo 20 years of fisheries reforms fought for by members like Gerry Studds from Massachus...
The Minority can invite additional witnesses to discuss a number of provisions in the bill.
So, your concern is that if we have data that shows, particularly where they want to put it, is a prime fishing area, well stocked, we could...
We need to require that forage fish be managed, because they are so important in marine ecosystems.
And all we have right now is we hold fishing communities accountable for the lack of productivity that might be happening on a cyclical basi...
The key word: flexibility.
It is unfortunate that we find ourselves here today debating legislation that the Democratic side of the aisle had no part in developing.
I don't want kids smoking marijuana; I agree with the chairman.
I would like to see a more adroit bureaucracy.
Let me suggest that your inability to answer me whether tobacco or marijuana is more dangerous, again, is part of the problem.
We have been engaged in an experiment of over 40 years of prohibition of marijuana, which has failed spectacularly.
We have been able to drop tobacco use without locking people up, without arresting.
I think that your equivocation right there, being unable to answer something clearly and definitively, when there is unquestioned evidence t...
I have been focused a lot more on transportation over the last few years when I took over ranking.
I think, from our standpoint, from representing commercial fishermen, we are very wary of any attempt to try and change the NEPA process.
