Richard Blumenthal

Sufficiency of the liaison model to address concerns of one region's fishery management council where another region's council has jurisdiction.

Effectiveness of the quota share transfer between states;

Current structure of fisheries management in the area;

Specifically, they raised issues related to the current management structure of black sea bass, summer flounder, and scup, as well as their statutory requirements;

This condemnation has to be public, direct, explicit, because he has to show the American people that he will be independent.

I have serious and grave concerns. I am deeply troubled by his failure to commit to certain responses, his lack of an explicit response and commitment to condemn these comments by Donald Trump publicly.

He's not only attacked the American judiciary, he's set a litmus test -- in fact, a set of litmus tests -- that his nominee has to be, quote, 'pro-life', end quote, quote, 'very pro-Second Amendment,' and, quote, 'a conservative.'

This combination of the president's attacks on the judiciary goes to the core, absolutely to a foundational principle of our constitutional system.

I find these attacks on the judiciary absolutely abhorrent and unacceptable.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I appreciate your being so generous with your time.

So when President Trump says let's cut two regulations every time we create a new one, that kind of rule really has no basis in common sense or fact, does it?

Accurate disclosure, truth-telling, is common ground.

I'm surprised you didn't quote Shakespeare, first kill the lawyers.

But I think we can all agree that the number of regulations is not itself a goal, it's the wisdom and efficacy of those regulations.

Enforcement of rules and standards does not necessarily destroy jobs.

Support for this legislation is support for eliminating the ability of regulators to prevent the next financial crisis.

This legislation creates even more hoops for 'major' or 'high-impact' rules.

The legislation will create a double standard in our system that favors industry calls for deregulation over new public protections.

This is a profound change that prevents agencies from adopting the most effective and appropriate way of protecting the public.

The misleadingly named Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act is a Trojan horse that would expand the reach and scope of regulatory review panels.

This is a profound change and effectively creates a super mandate for all major regulatory actions of executive and independent agencies.

The ALERT Act is designed to impede the government's ability to implement critical new public health and safety protections by adding a six month delay.

The REVIEW Act would make our system of regulatory safeguards weaker by requiring courts reviewing high impact regulations to automatically stay or block the enforcement.

Overly intrusive judicial review is one of the primary reasons for regulatory delay and paralysis.

We strongly urge you to oppose the Midnight Rules Relief Act and to reject the false and misleading rhetoric behind it.