the sector-based approach is working.

How will that happen? That's the other part of the question.

That's devastating. And that resulted in 130 jobs lost, and an American industry shattered.

First of all, you think that we should stay the course in sector-based management. Is that correct?

Senator Snowe spoke of NMFS' "antagonism, mistrust and dysfunction" and its "reckless and vindictive actions" that "undermine, harass and sometimes bankrupt fishermen."

I think so because I have given tapes to show what it is like to see these trucks rumbling through these small towns.

I really do think it is important because it is more than 6 months, and so obviously we should have been able to move forward on that project.

Clearly if we lose our fishing communities, we lose them forever.

fishermen want sector management to continue, because it's an improvement compared to the fluctuations.

I want to express my very profound appreciation to Senators Snowe and Kerry and other members of the Committee and Congress, and especially the Committee staff, for getting the job done on clarifying how the MSA rebuilding provisions will…

The socioeconomic effect of fishery management decisions is a key issue, Administrator Schwaab, that as you know I have constantly addressed this issue recently on this committee.

I rise today to express my support for instituting biennial budgeting within the U.S. Government. We should reform the Federal budget process by converting it from an annual spending process to a 2-year cycle, with 1 year for appropriating…

When originally championed by Senator Olympia Snowe in the 1990s as part of the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA), National Standard 8 was intended to provide the crucial, missing balance to those elements of the SFA that were focused…

I believe we need to strike the appropriate precautionary balance in setting catch limits regardless of the economic circumstances facing a particular fishing community.

I reasoned that if strong controls on ending overfishing were front-loaded into rebuilding plans, and overfishing was avoided, that greater flexibility in the recovery process would follow.

I have been fighting this issue for years, and my other colleague from Maine, Senator Collins, has as well.

I think there is a reversal of roles. The House is now offering amendments. The Senate is not allowed to in accordance with the traditions of the U.S. Senate.

I do not understand how so many other states can have waivers and the others are denied even the ability to opt into having a waiver program.

We greatly appreciate the fact that Senator Snowe is among those few that have taken the time to reach this understanding.

promulgate an emergency regulation increasing the ACLs for groundfish--especially the five choke stocks--sufficient to minimize the risk of failure of the sector management while still preventing overfishing from occurring.

I rise today to introduce legislation with my colleague and chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Senator Landrieu, to reauthorize the critical Small Business Innovation Research, SBIR, and Small Business…

I rise to submit a sense of the Senate resolution that clarifies my opposition to tax increases on the job-creating sector of our economy--small business. It is becoming increasingly clear, and increasingly concerning, that the…

I would just mention that those 26 that I cited were in the IG's testimony.

Regrettably, January marks the 21st consecutive month that the unemployment rate has been at or above nine percent.

Well, what could we do better, then? That is what we have to figure out, is how best to attack this problem.