On the recordDecember 9, 2016
I know it is a holiday. God knows I know that. This year Hanukkah and Christmas come at the same time, and my grandkids celebrate both. I want to go home, but the people who depend on the water to support the salmon fishing industry may not be able to celebrate this year because someone over there named Kevin McCarthy dropped--in the dead of night--a rider on a beautiful bill called WRDA and wrecked it. He never once thought about the people who rely on fishing. It is a disgrace. Who is signing the letter, saying, ``Don't do this, don't do this, don't do this''? The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, the Golden Gate Salmon Association, the Southern California Trawlers Association of Santa Barbara, the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara, the Port San Luis Fishermen's Marketing Association, the Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen's Organization, the Monterey Fishermen's Marketing Association, the Moss Landing Commercial Fishermen's Association, the Santa Cruz Fishermen's Marketing Association, the Half Moon Bay Fishermen's Marketing Association, the San Francisco Crab Boat Owner's Association, the Small Boat Salmon Fishermen's Association, the Fishermen's Marketing Association of Bodega Bay, the Salmon Trollers Marketing Association, the Humboldt Fishermen's Marketing Association, the Coastal Trollers Association. I am putting those in the Record. In all of my lifetime serving, I have never seen such an outcry from one industry. There is no disagreement.…
