"Well, our goal is to make sure this industry remains strong for the benefit of the committee members here."
"Well, let's start with Russia."
"First and foremost, we cannot become complacent in our defense of the Jones Act and our efforts, along with many other organizations, some of whom will be testifying this morning, to raise public awar..."
"Second, we need to address the need to find new cargoes for the U.S.-flag vessels in both the international and coastwide trades."
"The more active and the more aggressive you are in investigating, quantifying, and reporting on these cargo opportunities and missed opportunities, the more likely it is that we will develop the cargo..."
"We will hold you accountable for your efforts and for your activity and investigating, quantifying, and fully developing the information about all cargo that is impelled on American ships."
"It seems to me that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act is very, very clear that it is a Jones Act region."
"So there is doubt as to whether or not the Outer Continental Shelf is subject to the Jones Act?"
"I believe we just made a major move here in this House to significantly reduce the Federal revenues. It is called tax cuts."
"If you would, we think there is about $5 billion owed to the State of California for past Presidential declarations."
"These same challenges, the challenges I have described in this region, are replicated in all our major urban areas across the Nation."