On the recordJune 7, 2018
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Let me first state that Idaho is not next to an ocean, although we do have the furthest inland port of any State in the country. The point of this is that you all make great arguments--arguments that ought to be held and debated in the authorizing committee. The point is that the ocean policy here was put in effect without ever going through Congress. It has never been authorized. It is not that it has been authorized and the expiration dates just expired, like many programs, far too many programs. This has never been authorized by Congress. I might agree with you in the end, but it ought to go through the proper process instead of just doing an executive order.
