Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"I think it was my colleague from Louisiana, which I want to compliment, he talked about that you can manage fisheries and have mineral extraction at the same time."

"Do you think that sea level rise or extreme weather related to climate change is a problem?"

"Under the right planning, you can have great environmental protection, protect our citizens from both immediate impacts of particulates, and you can also move forward the economy and advance."

"But to be clear, in my understanding in talking about this balance, they really only amount to 1 percent of the ocean waters that are under the jurisdiction of the United States."