"If confirmed, I trust you will fulfill these responsibilities with respect, character and deference befitting the Court."
"I would say Alaska seafood is the right decision, but I'll leave that for judgment as we work on certification issues."
"It's the beginning."
"Seafood is always kind of like a second-class food product, it seems, in this country."
"we recognize that the science is there in creating better fisheries for us over time."
"I love my Russian friends, but when they have crab that is caught illegally or low-quality, then we're going to have a response to them."
"For a long time, Alaska has been exploited by many other states. They come in, extract, and then leave us with nothing."
"Do you think that the time--tell me, kind of, again, I know I asked Wal-Mart this question, but from Sodexo's standpoint, what kind of time-frame and engagement do you need to make a determination of ..."
"So in an indirect way, I don't want to call out certification, but you are identifying which stocks are sustainable by actions that you can show by scientific evidence, not just in that moment in time..."
"Thank you for your leadership on marine and seafood sustainability in our Nation's waters and for conducting an important hearing on this matter."
"Pirate fishing is theft from the oceans."