Unfortunately, this bill was not vetted by those stakeholders.

The EEZ Clarification Act addresses one of those major concerns.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank you for giving H.R. 3070, the 'EEZ Clarification Act,' a hearing in this subcommittee.

We have a longstanding problem with the Transit Zone between Block Island, Rhode Island, and Montauk Point, New York.

Just to start with the most egregious impact--by redrawing that line and putting a lot of those waters out of the Federal Government's domain and into the state of Rhode Island's, my lobstermen, by law, cannot get a non-resident permit to…

we really have to be careful about balancing important commercial fishing interests.

Again, there was no consultation with his association in terms of the drafting of this bill.

I would like to thank Chairman John Fleming and Congressman Lee Zeldin for allowing us to present our issues to the Committee on Natural Resources.

You are to be commended, all of you, and to be thanked by the fishermen on Long Island, for taking the time to come out and hear our problems.

So it is an incredible balancing act, in terms of trying to allow those livelihoods to continue to happen, along with balancing the very fragile environmental priorities of that region.

Today, I am asking for everyone's support of the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2016.