Jared Huffman

This Committee has approved legislation to basically take carbon pollution and climate change off the table in NEPA analyses.

Thank you for that clarification. I also note that there are actually more acres grazed today than during the 1980 general management plan.

I believe this bill is well intended. There are elements of it that I certainly would support...

I look forward to supporting this bill, and again, commend the bipartisan authors.

I believe those arguments cannot at the end of the day ignore the facts. Sharks continue to be finned...

I led the effort to pass that state's ban on the possession and trade of shark fins. It was a great example of bipartisanship.

I think if anyone doubts that American leadership on this issue does not have an effect on the rest of the world, including China, just look at what the Chinese airlines are doing in response to the leadership that we have started through…

They are the gray wolves, the lions, and tigers of the sea, and also very slow to reproduce.

What are NOAA and other Federal agencies doing to coordinate with these states to try to make sure that that does not happen?

The shark populations of the world are declining at an alarming rate. They face a higher extinction risk than most any other group of mammals...

Can you say that we have a clear picture on the rate of shark bycatch in the United States?

But I am hearing an argument from some of our witnesses and from, disappointingly, our own leader at NOAA that, because American shark fisheries are sustainable--I am hearing words like 'sharks populations are increasing.'

So, I am thankful that 11 other states and 3 territories have now done the same thing as we did in California...

We know that the shark fishery landings are a tiny fraction, way less than 1 percent, of the commercial landings from all our fisheries in the United States.

This bill makes an important clarification that the Act never intended to allow billfish landed in Hawaii and Pacific Insular Areas to then be sent to other states.

The bill before us today from Chairman Royce, H.R. 1456, is a great example of continued leadership in this area...

I hope that we can use these hearings to discuss all of these efforts and that perhaps we can bring some kind of consensus to the way we move forward...

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It seems to me that we should fix transportation funding first, instead of incentivizing expanded drilling on public lands as a way to fund maintenance needs.

This is a budget that places the exploitation of our public lands above any other uses.

You are hearing us loud and clear, Mr. Secretary.

This is a budget that prioritizes the profit that oil, gas, and coal companies can dig, drill, and otherwise wring out of our public lands.

I would like to ask you, Secretary Zinke, about the Administration's very ambitious proposal for new offshore drilling.

The bottom line is we see a budget here that should uphold strong environmental protections for air, water, wildlife, and natural places.