I understand the legal, but it was my understanding that the President has ordered that there will be no new exploration sites until the rev...
I fully understand that, but you have the responsibility to set into motion the type of changes that will correct this failed system.
I quite frankly didn't understand this.
I can tell you the way that currents run off the mid-Atlantic, the way the wind blows, any oil spill will affect the Chesapeake Bay.
When will that information be made available, do you know?
I hope that you are reconsidering because I listen to you.
As a New Orleans native I know first-hand the importance of the natural environment to the economy, the health, and the culture of the Gulf ...
A spill in lease sale site 220, if we had a spill there, is very likely it would affect the Maryland coastline.
I find it somewhat offensive to the Chesapeake Bay and the State I represent for us to be considered less worthy for protection than the Wes...
I think as Mr. Smith said, changing the definition is one I think we all would agree needs to be done.
I think this is critical to trying to understand the espionage laws.
Who decides what harm will result.
There needs to be a process here, because let me take it then to someone who is not on the same page here.
A prosecutor needs to be apolitical.
It certainly undermines the effectiveness of the statute when this sort of practice occurs.
Congress is the entity to make our laws.
greater transparency is critical.
I think the answer is no, but where do you draw the line?