Essentially, what it would do is require an assessment of the current state of the border between Canada and the United States--and, to me, that makes sense as we look at resources.

He told me that he is concerned that, in fact, criminality, terrorists, and returning foreign fighters are, clearly, a daily part of the refugee flow now.

I think it would be helpful for us to understand the fentanyl numbers, too, and whether those have increased along with heroin.

the sanctions the administration did put in place... are having absolutely no impact, given that they are now continuing to test ballistic missiles.

I very much thank the Senator from Rhode Island for the work that we were able to do together on this important legislation, for his leadership, and, really, his passion for this issue that is devastating my State--the heroin and opioid…

I certainly share Senator Shaheen's concerns and am so glad that this hearing is happening today.

I have said before, but having our small fishermen--it is iconic.

we do not want to put this fee on our fishermen because we do not want them to go out of business

what has happened, essentially, is that the catch share rules and the dramatic increases--cod is a prime example of this--have put our fishermen in such a difficult position where they cannot make a living.

they are violating the intent of Congress to pay for the at sea monitoring

We have got to get that immediately. You cannot afford it, right, so we have got to----

NOAA is not following through on it