"Our goal is to get all sides involved in working on ways in which we can accommodate private landowners and conserve species at the same time."
"How do you set a different time on an ad hoc basis, though?"
"What about the backlog of species petitions awaiting review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife?"
"Is there some recommendation you would have to this Committee about streamlining the rules or making the process more efficient?"
"Statement of Senator Wicker."
"the officers aboard the commercial vessels object to the suggestion that the stand-down was somehow because a major portion of the sexual assault problem stemmed from the Sea Year program aboard comme..."
"the majority of the assault was taking place during the Sea Year, and I think the facts are to the contrary."
"So you dispute the preliminary 2015 and 2016 Service Academy Gender Relations Survey, which says that 73 percent occurred on Academy grounds."
"most of the problem occurred on Academy grounds, and yet your response was to stop the Sea Year, and that seems disproportionate to me."
"I hope that's correct. Let me ask you just briefly--and I'm imposing on the time--did the accreditation problem catch you by surprise?"
"Thank you, Madam Chair."
"MARAD funds six ships that are on loan to the State Maritime Academies as training platforms for their students."