Ed Markey

Step two. TransCanada sends that oil to the Gulf Coast where they can make billions more than where they currently sell it in the Midwest.

Step three. Refineries in the Gulf Coast re-export it to other countries at world oil prices and don't pay any taxes for doing it.

Step one. TransCanada puts the dirtiest oil on the planet into the brand new pipeline that the Republicans are giving them.

Under this bill are there any guarantees that all of the friendly Canadian oil that is sent through the pipeline will be sold here in the United States? No. No.

I'm troubled by the fact that his conclusion in that report draws some very concerning points.

Before making a sweeping change to the Internet, we must ask who really stands to benefit from the change.

I am also concerned that ICANN's proposal could burden both consumers and businesses.

I am concerned that ICANN has not sufficiently proven that any problem exists.

I believe that ICANN's proposed changes need to be closely scrutinized.

I don't understand why that reduces our security.

Would you agree to put a prohibition on reexport into your contracts with these refineries, to ensure that reexport does not occur?

Do Americans want secure, stable oil from a friendly neighbor in Canada? Or do they want to continue importing high-priced conflict oil from unfriendly regions?

Will you commit to agree to put on paper what you say is going to happen in terms of keeping the oil here?

I am concerned that some of the bills we will examine today will either legislate fisheries management decisions best left to the regional councils.

Rebuilding all fish stocks could increase the value of commercial fisheries by over 50 percent.

Science-based management of the oceans' bounty by regional stakeholders supported this success.

The Magnuson-Stevens Act has the same potential to guide us to the end of overfishing.

Since 1976, the Magnuson-Stevens Act--and, by the way, as that bill emerged from this Committee, it was called the Studds-Young bill after Congressman Gerry Studds and Congressman Don Young.

Science-based management of the ocean's bounty by regional stakeholders supported this success.

Unfortunately, the fishing industry hit rough waters in the 1990s, battling a perfect storm of depleted fish stocks, pollution and warming seas.

Healthy fisheries support healthy coastal economies.

I would just give one example. We had the worst oil spill in world history last year, and it was on public lands in the jurisdiction of our committee in the Gulf of Mexico.

Further cuts in the committee's budget could, as Chairman Hastings has noted, seriously impair our ability to hire and retain the skilled professional staff we need.

Demand among our colleagues for approval of legislation within the jurisdiction of the Natural Resources Committee remains exceedingly high.

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