It is my hope that the agencies before us today are willing to work with us on solutions.

This bipartisan bill exempts two species from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's seafood licensing requirements.

I want to thank my good friend, Chris Smith, for all of the years of service in this area of pro-life and pro-family, not just domestically, but around the world. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend for everything he does, and the…

It just seems that there is a double standard.

the Administration has been widely criticized for failing to respond to the incident in a prompt and responsible manner.

Today I want to give special recognition to a special individual. Jason Spradley was recently awarded the Eagle Scout designation, the highest rank in the Boy Scouting program. He is a senior at Airline High School in Bossier City and…

I'm hopeful that we can continue that dialog to find a solution that everyone can live with.

The status quo is unsustainable, which leads us to the bill before us.

The Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery is still a mess. The status quo is unsustainable.

Can I ask unanimous consent that five letters from each of the five Gulf states endorsing the legislation be included in the record of the hearing?

I want to thank all the witnesses for coming to testify and share their expertise and passion on this issue.

I understand the ongoing and increasing frustrations of the recreational fishing community.

This is a tool that President Obama has used more than any other president to date.

What is really most troubling here is that these areas already have a great deal of protections under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

And among all those things, the best food.

As a physician, a father and a grandfather, let me first respond and say that, in the process of a birth, an abortion, there is no way one can tell whether that child is viable until you actually apply health-saving tools and techniques to…

Graphic videos, personal testimony, and verbal assent reveal the true colors of Planned Parenthood. There is probable cause to believe that America's largest abortion provider is altering abortion procedures to obtain uncrushed baby body…

I want to bring up a different issue, but it is connected.

It really seems ironic to me that the EPA, which can provide huge fines on private industry and individuals, and can actually put people in jail through criminal activities of pollution, would be so cavalier in this case.

But we are not hearing today of any punishments, or reductions in pay, or even firings that are going to occur because of this incompetency.

There is a double standard. The EPA is not holding itself to the same standards that you hold individuals and industry itself to.

There is a showing of a credible threat of irreparable harm: in cost of compliance, as well as the loss of revenue.

I would say that the BLM's final rule on hydraulic fracturing is nothing more than a frivolous regulatory exercise.

For decades the states have been regulating hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands managed by the BLM without incident.

both Secretaries Jewell and Salazar of the Interior have testified that they are not aware of any harm from hydraulic fracturing over the 50 or 60 years of its history to human beings, or contamination of any water supply, which really…