Steve Southerland: “I encourage committee members to do what they can to provide adequate appropriations for fisheries science.”

I thank the gentleman very much for those sentiments and that offer. We will contact the coaches and see what we can do.

The financial costs of distributing free food to such a large portion of American families is a substantial burden on the average American taxpayer.

I have seen firsthand the devastating impact of reduced downstream flows on this community's ecosystem, environment, and economy.

I also want to remind my colleagues that no one was a greater champion of my amendment than former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank. He is definitely a stalwart in New England fisheries. So though he is not here, his spirit in favor…