Haley Stevens: “I again thank the people who were involved in this. As I said, prior to the passage of the bill, this is a bill we have…”

“I again thank the people who were involved in this. As I said, prior to the passage of the bill, this is a bill we have worked out in 18 months. When it was previously before the Senate, it took 5 years. This has required a tremendous amount of staff time. I am particularly indebted to my staff people: Trevor McCabe and Earl Comstock; and to Tom Melius, who has worked with the chairman of the committee, Senator Pressler, and Penny Dalton, who has worked with Senator Kerry and Senator Hollings from on the committee. Let me also thank Jeanne Bumpus with Senator Gorton; Justin LeBlanc with Senator Murray; Margaret Commisky and Scott Atkinson with Senator Inouye; Clark LeBlanc who is with Senator Snowe; Mike Parks and Darla Romfo with Senator Breaux; Glenn Merrill and Alex Elkan, Sea Grant fellows with the Commerce Committee; Peter Hill and Tom Richy on Senator Kerry's staff; Alex Buell on Senator Wyden's staff; Carl Biersak, who has worked with the majority leader, Senator Lott; Carol Dubard with Senator Hutchison; Rick Murphy with Senator Chafee; and Wayne Boyles with Senator Helms. Mr. President, this bill would not have come before us if it had not been for the tremendous support from the Marine Fish Conservation Network. I particularly want to thank Greenpeace and the Alaska Marine Conservation Network for working very actively for the passage of S. 39, as well as the Center for Marine Conservation and the World Wildlife Fund.”