On the other hand, we will hear that Mr. Huffman's reauthorization bill goes in the opposite direction.

The successful management framework created by the Magnuson Act is precisely why we have the confidence in investing hundreds of millions of dollars over the next several years into projects that modernize our aging infrastructure.

In conclusion, both bills...are well-intentioned.

More broadly, this sequence of events starkly illustrates why we believe fishery management plans should be developed in-region through a transparent and robust review process rather than through an outside, centralized body.

I don't think that the Secretary of Commerce would be as anti-tribe as the Department of Fish and Game is at this time.

I would like suggestions from your great company in maybe how we can lower that, because you are constantly saying it is the trollers, it is the trollers, it is the trollers.

The Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA) represents the shared policy and regulatory interests of commercial seafood processors in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

They have to have the say, not the Secretary of Commerce.

Mr. Young's bill continues that management style while providing for more flexibility and transparency in the law.

The facts and data do not support this. In the North Pacific, bycatch has been on the agenda at nearly every meeting since I began working in the Council process in 2015.

I look forward to once again hearing from the countless Alaskans and Americans who helped us develop these positive reforms.

Let's work a bill, like you say, bipartisanly and try to get to the situation where it needs improvement.

I believe the councils can actually manage the fish better than a centralized political figure.

What good are two members of the council--although their being native, what will it help you if you don't have the authority to make decisions on the council?

Although I commend my colleague, Rep. Huffman, for understanding the crucial role MSA plays in the management of our nation's fisheries, I do have concerns with his bill.

I empathize with subsistence users in Western Alaska, and while I can never fully know the pain and sense of loss that they are feeling or their connection to the resource and culture, I appreciate what they are saying and am aware of the…

Not of water, either.

I want to spend a few minutes talking about the President's nominee to be Comptroller of the Currency and her recent comments on those of us who were asking questions about her background, because they are pretty outrageous, and I think it…