I would hope we could be more specific.

It is not only important for clean water and for environment. It is a critically important industry and brings in significant revenues to our communities.

I have concerns about committing more Americans to this effort.

We can't do this alone. The government partners, at the Federal, State and local levels, along with the private sector are what we need in order to be able to deal with the dangers of invasive species and the conservation efforts.

So this is consistent with the USGS report?

your concerns you are characterizing as basically technical and clarifying?

It is clear that they do spread diseases. They affect the native species that are there.

The loss of wetlands affects the entire ecology of that region.

Would you please try to get those to us as quickly as possible?

S. 1214 is a critically important bill that will do much good in protecting our fish habitat.

Whether it is Federal efforts on conservancy or whether it is dealing with invasive species, it is an effort to work with the private sector.

I am particularly proud of the work that has been done in Maryland and I congratulate you on that.

Well, Senator Nelson--we had a hearing once before, and he brought us the skin of the snake...

Let me thank all four of you for your testimony and for your support of the bills that are moving forward here.

The amount of food that it takes in every day is having a dramatic impact on the balance within the region.

Have you reviewed that with Senator Nelson, the changes?

This committee is very interested in following what Senator Bond was saying and being a constructive player and preserving our natural habitat for our fishermen and our hunters and the recreational users.

And the impact on the bill, as I understand it, is to narrow its application in many respects...

You are supporting without qualification seven of those nine, if I understand correctly.

We appreciate very much the strength that you bring to this effort, and we look forward to working with you.

I think there are a lot of positive reasons to use Article III courts, particularly considering the history of how we have not only ignored international laws, we have ignored our own laws, as the Supreme Court has held on previous…

I strongly support [the closing of Guantanamo Bay].

We might be able to prevent 80 percent of the attacks, and I made the comment we would never do a defense budget based upon an 80-percent efficiency.

We think that is absolutely the right thing to do, that you are moving forward with Native Americans.

I would just encourage you to be as open as you can on the procedures that are being used so that we can, in fact, justify the issues.