Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment to H.R. 2083. This simple amendment would narrow the scope of this bill to clarify our intent that the lethal take authority should be limited to sea lions, rather than all pinnipeds. This small but important distinction will help to ensure this authority targets only those animals that pose an imminent threat to our native ESA-listed salmon and steelhead stocks. It will also help to align our bill with the Senate version that was recently introduced by Senators Cantwell and Risch, hopefully ensuring that this bill gets across the finish line as quickly as possible. That is absolutely critical, because some of our most vulnerable stocks face an imminent risk of extinction due to nonnative sea lion predation. So we must act now if we are going to save these runs. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”