Debbie Dingell actually said...

"We've got to show some empathy and compassion. A Jewish baby and a Palestinian baby are babies. I don't want to see any baby die. So, first of all, we've got to take that on. We've got to get a cease-..."

"How does the ESA manage to protect these and other species without causing a shutdown or collapse of commercial activity along the Gulf coast?"

"the Act is designed, and typically implemented, in a manner that carefully takes account of its potential effects on commercial activity."

"a conclusion by NMFS that the proposed action is likely to jeopardize a listed species or result in adverse modification of its critical habitat does not automatically prevent that action from proceed..."