"I went out this summer with a group hoping not to find European green crabs in the Puget Sound, and unfortunately, we were successful in finding them."
"I wish I had an answer. Like so many invasive species, once they have taken hold, it is really hard to eradicate them."
"I am eager to help. And certainly, as the action plan rolls out, we would love to get a brief from you or NOAA."
"We need your help. We can't do this every year."
"Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the ranking member. Madam Secretary, great to be with you."
"It is a really important body of water. Unfortunately, it is sick body of water."
"As you know, during World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans across our country were forced from their homes as a consequence of an executive order that authorized the exclusion of Japanese Ameri..."
"So we don't ever repeat that mistake again, especially to American citizens of any group or ethnicity in this country."
"I just want to get a sense of what Fish and Wildlife is doing to minimize the spread and the destruction of the European green crab."
"I also want to express my gratitude to Chairwoman Bice and to Chairman Steil for continuing the traditions that were established by the Select Committee on Modernization."
"The idea of actually sitting around a roundtable and actually having a conversation with each other and with our witnesses, rather than 5-minute speechifying, I think is actually really refreshing."
"The Modernization Committee that existed in the last two Congresses was dedicated to a pretty simple proposition, and that is: make Congress work better for the American people."