09/12/2017
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"The withdrawal is a reckless policy, and responsibility for it rests with Ranking Member Grijalva and his co-conspirators, the Department of the Interior."
"The conclusions in the BiOp regarding the finding of jeopardy and its posited cause (nutritional stress from food competition with fisheries) do not follow logically from scientific, economic, and soc..."
"Despite this funding, NOAA still is not able to answer the questions regarding whether the commercial fishing industry is limiting the food available for Steller sea lions."
"When an agency puts in place a restriction on an industry that will result in a loss of up to $61 million per year and cost 750 jobs, I expect them to be certain."