You know, as I look at how these annual catch limits are set, I know there are a number of other elements there--the overfishing limit, which corresponds to maximum sustainable yields--so I am going to kind of dive into a few fishery…

I think we all hear concerns from time to time about the validity and the robustness of the data used to make these very difficult decisions.

The idea that there is some systematic attempt to--a bias implemented against the Catholic Church or Catholic entities is a libel and not true.

I must say that listening to some opine on this subject... one is a little alarmed that some would become a latter-day Torquemada.

Okay. So we have pretty much put to rest whether there is a Catholic bias in this administration. There isn't.

So it is presumably not about abortion.

No member of this committee or of the body, the Congress, can purport to speak for the Catholic Church or for all Catholics.

I am alarmed that the minority was denied witnesses; I am alarmed that new documents at the last minute are entered in the record.

And did you indicate that, in this particular case, the Catholic Bishops indicated they would not provide such services?

And did you indicate that one of the needs they have is family planning services, the wide array, including contraception, prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases that, obviously, unfortunately, tragically, come with the…

I think our fears about that, if they existed before this hearing, can now be allayed.

Most of the victims, sadly, tragically, of human trafficking are female; is that not correct?

Most of those victims, female victims, tragically are also victims of sexual trafficking; is that not correct?

I would not abandon the OAS, anyhow.

The United States was not forthcoming.

I should have been listening. I wish I had. And hat's off to somebody else.

We shouldn't spend a dime, frankly, without some rigorous metrics and milestones that are efficacious, that are meaningful.

the PDP as a hopeless waste of money, your money, American money.