Jared Huffman actually said...

"A U.S. Fish and Wildlife survey recently found that cormorant predation on juvenile salmon has no impact on the number of adults returning to the river."

"We must address the scientifically demonstrated root causes of this problem. We must do better."

"As we discussed at the hearing on February 10, 2016, data from recent monitoring and focused research all strongly suggest that predation is a significant factor in reducing survival of juvenile salmo..."

"The expectation that this is going to deliver us from endangered status on any of our salmon runs is probably not very realistic."