Maria Cantwell actually said...

We must act now to ensure that a similar process for vetting suggestions that may expedite the restoration of critically damaged ecosystems ...

So out of those proposals, you can say four are--out of 77 proposals, four have made it through the process.

Relegating our Nation's preeminent ocean-related agencies to the back bench is part of what has gotten us where we are today.

Hearing held on July 21, 2010