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Tom Carper: “The point of this hearing has not been, as I said earlier, to adjudicate the laws of the ocean or describe what is right…”

On the recordJune 19, 2011
The point of this hearing has not been, as I said earlier, to adjudicate the laws of the ocean or describe what is right or wrong with how NOAA polices our fisheries.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper emphasizes the hearing's focus on financial management, not fisheries laws.

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