Chellie Pingree actually said...

I appreciate very much your having this hearing today, and I am glad to be here with my colleagues.

Particularly since other shellfish are exempt, so this is kind of uniquely set aside when lobsters and clams are not.

It is a fundamental unfairness, because there is another layer of paperwork and there are more fees involved.

I do want you to understand that we appreciate how much back-and-forth we have had with Fish and Wildlife, with the enforcement, around the ...