I think it's essential. It's obviously languished for more than a half a century, and it has been on the National Transportation Safety Board's Most Wanted List since 1990.
If you combine the issue of fatigue, low salaries, lack of experience... all of these amount to a potentially dangerous situation for passen...
What do you think we can do?
I just believe that providing NOAA with the leadership position that it deserves at this point in time, to be the conduit for ocean policy.
I do want to take a moment to express to you, Admiral Allen and the entire Coast Guard community, my deepest condolences in the loss of seve...
But, a process hasn't been established----
I would think that that would be a very complicating approach, frankly, in terms of designing a process, let alone the whole map.
I mean, to pass legislation that gives you statutory authority that first, I think, would solidify NOAA's position as the leader on oceans i...
Thank you for calling this hearing.
One was to develop the National Ocean Policy. The second issue, of course, was marine spatial planning.
And how--either you or Chair Sutley or Dr. Lubchenco and Deputy Secretary Davis, could you explain how we expect this process to work?