"Today, we will consider two common-sense bills aimed at improving the recovery of certain Endangered Species Act listed fish species, while providing certainty for water and power users."
"Well, it sounds to me like that is an abuse of the Endangered Species Act."
"It is my hope that we can use these bills in front of us today to produce a strong, bipartisan Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization that supports jobs and our fishermen by strengthening the science, data,..."
"H.R. 200 is composed of provisions aimed at getting better fisheries data to Federal managers so that they can make informed decisions regarding our Nation's fisheries."
"It is my goal that we can work within the proposals discussed here today to produce a product that reauthorizes and makes critical reforms to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management A..."
"While specifically aimed at recreational fisheries management, H.R. 2023 is largely based on the same principles as H.R. 200."
"I wish the EPA had been doing that at the Gold King Mine back in Colorado."
"If people clean up abandoned mine lands voluntarily, they should not have unlimited, infinite liability."
"Today, there are as many as a half-million abandoned mines across the United States."
"Congress can and should do something about this."
"All fishermen deserve the right to fish, and that is what this bill helps give them."