But sending a letter when we are talking about millions of taxpayer dollars just makes no sense to me.

It is critical to understand how excessive household debt remains a burden to our Nation's full recovery.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The pathway to a strong economy and a strong middle class has been more and more difficult to travel.

We ran into problems about 10 years ago when we failed to share information.

Thank you for holding this hearing.

The regulatory burden is just eliminating the small boat fleet.

What does it take to get fired at NOAA?

there's a complete lack of trust. There's a lack of answering--can't even answer a simple question.

the request was to have the documents for the hearing, and it's 5 months later and we still don't have them.

The fishing disaster declaration must be 80 percent revenue decrease for fishing failure, and that's internal NOAA policy guidance.

the only thing that's coming at the end of the tunnel is a train that's shutting--that's going to shut down the industry

I want to thank you for your leadership on this issue.

I've never seen... a complete lack of trust between any type of individual business and the Federal Government.

her lack of attention to the questions, the failure to be honest and forthright with us has led to the devastation in the fishing industry

I know that Attorney General Coakley made a 9/28 request for the documents related to these personnel decisions.

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I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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There is an aggressive campaign underway, led by foreign NGOs, and apparently abetted by some foreign governments, to boycott U.S. companies.

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What kind of counseling is the VA doing with veterans about the financial implications of their educational choices?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I want to turn for a minute to the consumer education piece of what we are doing to ensure that veterans and servicemembers are, in fact, informed consumers.