07/30/2012
https://congress.gov...
"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."
"What is happening in our own hemisphere is certainly just as important, if not more so."
"Can you clarify and explain this discrepancy and how that fits into your we are going to hold leadership accountable?"