Political Quotes

“Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 586, S. 2346. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2346) to improve the Fishery Resource Disaster Relief program of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act''. SEC. 2. FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER RELIEF. Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Fishery Resource Disaster Relief.-- ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Allowable cause.--The term `allowable cause' means a natural cause, discrete anthropogenic cause, or undetermined cause.…”