Maria Cantwell actually said...

"So my question is, you know, does NOAA have what it needs to understand the impacts to the seafood industry of ocean acidification?"

"This maritime economy from my state is a 60, well, it's a $30 billion industry and supports almost 60,000 jobs."

"I think you and I, as you said, could probably be here all day with a whole variety of questions because this is important to both of our states and the interconnectedness of it all is practically obv..."

"One of the best tools that they have is to rationalize fisheries. And what we found is once the fisheries rationalize it becomes dramatically safer."