I would ask that we make part of this discussion the not just authority, but mandate that the President set up a quick loan program for fishermen and others in the fisheries indust...
This is obviously a historic event with a big negative impact on fisheries. If this doesn't qualify, I don't know what d...
What this could do to Florida, if all of this oil washes along our shores; what it's going to do to our tourism industry...
I would think that we shouldn't outsource our responsibility for cleaning this up.
I want to do everything we can to get folks out there--local community folks--cities, counties, businesses, volunteers, ...
The State of Louisiana and local parishes have made a proposal to do emergency dredging and use the dredged material to ...
The President shall establish a loan program under the fund to provide interim assistance to fishermen and aquiculture p...
Timing is the big issue, and this request has been out there for a week or more.
It is a very important hearing.
Thank you, Mr. Bolden, as you know, a lot of our concerns are about the capability of the commercial sector to do what w...
The problem is in practice we are seeing a lot of cases where it is not happening.