I support Director Lubchenco.
Our economy depends on a healthy ocean environment.
Thank you for your leadership on this issue.
But, when you find a cause, I'm interested in what we're going to do to act.
It's time to move forward on a national ocean policy.
I think this previous hearing that we had about the coastal communities--it is literally 60 percent of our GDP, these co...
When it comes to ocean acidification, we cannot just continue; we need to make sure that we are working forward.
I think this small step toward the elimination of greenhouse gases and their contribution to ocean acidification is an e...
We must take action now.
I think we're hearing, you know, from all Senators here, obviously, a strong concern that NOAA be part of any kind of na...
We're interested in what specifically is in the actions they're going to be taking on ocean policy.
NOAA should have a strong role and a presence in the development, but also other entities, including the tribes, as sove...
Just because we can't see underneath the oceans, we haven't seen the neglect that has existed, and that neglect is reall...
I would argue that it's most logical that NOAA should be at the head of this.
Our oceans also face major threats from climate change and ocean acidification.
I think now it's time to come clean and let's say who really should lead this effort.
Thank you.
Not everybody in America understands the dramatic impacts that are happening to our oceans.
