My amendment requires the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, to develop a strategy for how they plan to implement electronic monitoring in the Northeast Multi-Species Fishery by 2021. Today, the majority of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. _01. FUNDING FOR MONITORING…

I thank my colleague from Alaska for his support. He knows full well how difficult it is, particularly in our region, for fishermen just to sustain themselves, let alone sustain the fish. We want to sustain the fishermen themselves. These…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. __. PLAN FOR ELECTRONIC MONITORING…

How could you possibly expect them to take it seriously, Ms. Correa, if the chief procurement officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security... sit here in a public committee the very next day, and are saying, well, we can't tell you…

This is another amendment that will reduce the cost of monitoring on fishermen. My amendment would allow the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, to spend the fees they collect from penalties that are assessed against…

I think an alliance and a free trade agreement with the European Union would be our strongest move.

China has become the most important trading partner of over 100 countries and they have aggressively pursued investments.

We can't ignore that. And the damage we would do with what you are proposing to the rest of our allies would make things worse, I think, frankly.

There is a definite contradiction with sending these people--many of them have been here for years legally to escape that violence--sending them back because now it is safer, yet at the same time the administration is saying what an…

I just think there should be better coordination.

That is what we should be doing, frankly.