Thank you. I am actually very honored to be here with two friends who are talking about the significant problems we have in this country--simply, the lack of jobs. As we all know, government does not create jobs, but government can create a policy to discourage jobs, and that is specifically where we are today. If I could, I'll just go in a slightly different direction from where the two of you have headed so far.
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Instead of helping, it seems the Majority is more interested in putting fishermen's livelihood at risk in the name of faux conservation.
Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman has no other speakers, I yield back the balance of my time.
I want to remind him that OCS revenues provide 100 percent of the funding for the LWCF, as well as significant revenues to the Gulf of Mexico coastal states for coastal restoration.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Graves), who is an active member of our committee, is ranking member of another committee, and who can actually springboard on Mr. Richmond's comments about this…
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