"In a perverse way, COBRA has the potential to have the opposite effect of its goal in this case."
"Letter of April 30, 2019, from Hon. Jefferson Van Drew, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, submitted by Mr. Doyle."
"I believe the issue is that at certain points in people's lives, they need benefits in order to move on to the next point of their life."
"The proposed changes would make it harder for individuals facing food insecurity to have the resources they need to purchase healthy food."
"This is concerning, as healthy fish stocks are critical for our Nation to continue to thrive."
"If that information will be available to the public, then why are there five different companies seeking permits to explore the same area?"
"Catch rates of some commercially and recreationally important fish species are known to decrease substantially in the wake of seismic air gun blasting for oil and gas."
"Will the public have access to the data collected by these companies on possible oil and gas deposits off of our shores?"
"I do have legislation that would disallow the permitting of the five seismic studies."
"Seismic air gun blasting for oil and gas has ramifications for all manner of marine life."
"It is wonderful to see you here. Just on the slightly humorous side, I wanted to be on the Agriculture Committee, and some people were surprised because I am from New Jersey."