"The fishermen should carry more of the burden."
"Sen. Harkin and Rep. DeFazio reintroduced a financial transaction tax bill, which was then referred again to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees."
"I think that would be a problem. I mean that has been a discussion in Oregon, our private lands are managed under State forest practices."
"And it is new and a very, very highly regarded science."
"I think your legislature is proposing legislation. Who would pick the lands?"
"Well, I think the pilot project that would be suggested, the collaboration effort between the partners, would obviously identify the track of land for the pilot project itself."
"Which would be twice the size of your current State lands?"
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have a statement from Mr. Bishop, he couldn't be here, and from the Water Infrastructure Network, I would like to enter into the record."
"We tried it, it doesn't work. So I just wanted to make and kick off for the point about devolution."
"I would suggest if we could find a dedicated revenue source; i.e., indexation, that we might borrow a bunch of money upfront on pretty short-term bonds that we could get for very, very low rates to re..."
"Indexing is a good idea because it makes life a little easier up here because you don't have to come back all the time."
"Yet, I would note as of February 1, 2013, the industry holds drilling rights to 30 million acres offshore; 85 percent of the acreage under lease is not producing."