Ted Stevens: “We congratulate you and thank you on behalf of the people of the United States for your commitment to the system.”

I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.

The NALEMP annual appropriation was first drafted in 1993 by Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Daniel Inouye.

The whole purpose of the Act is to protect our fisheries and have a conservation ethic to be the major goal.