"Most of the people selling private flood insurance or brokering private flood insurance or insuring private flood insurance in Florida don't use those bogus maps anyway."
"If somewhere there could just be just, say, given a certain level of pollution, you know, or certain measurements that you've taken, and here is a list of every single thing from oyster beds to oxygen..."
"This is one of the important reasons that I co-founded a congressional Estuary Caucus with Chairwoman Bonamici."
"I've always said that the answer is very simple as two steps. One, stop putting bad stuff in it; and two, start removing the bad stuff that is already there."
"I live upon the Atlantic shores of the Florida peninsula. My constituents understand in a very deep way the economic and environmental importance of our oceans."
"It is also great to have a Chairman here who answers questions so directly, and we appreciate that."
"I would like to think that everyone in this room at one level or another is enjoying the success that we are seeing continue in this country right now."
"Today, I ask you to continue that support in order to keep the SLS program on track and ready for its first mission next year."
"the Federal government in this funding, the National Estuary Program has been vital and very helpful."
"That is why I partnered with Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici to found the bipartisan Congressional Estuary Caucus."
"Every estuary is having a problem with the algae blooms, and it is not just in this country."