Mark Begich actually said...

This subcommittee has been known to bring the bills forward, as we did last year on Coast Guard, in a bipartisan approach.

Nothing much actually comes to fruition. It's very discouraging and frustrating for the local economies when nothing actually happens.

what you want is, why you've got these regional councils set up, is to give input and help direct some of this resource.

We respectfully ask that you give due consideration to our requests so that all fishermen in the South Atlantic will benefit from your decis...