NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 

 REAUTHORIZATION 



TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1993 



House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Environ- 

 ment AND Natural Resources, Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington, DC. 

 The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:00 a.m., in room 

 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. George J. Hoch- 

 brueckner presiding. 



Present: Representatives Hochbrueckner, Unsoeld, Hamburg, Ra- 

 venel and Castle. 



Staff Present: Daniel Ashe, Frank Lockhart, Suzanne Waldron, 

 William Stelle, Gina DeFerrari, Leigh Clayton, Lesli Gray, Thomas 

 Melius, JayneAnne Rex, Margherita Woods and Laurel Bryant. 



STATEMENT OF HON. GEORGE J. HOCHBRUECKNER, A U.S. 

 REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK 



Mr. Hochbrueckner. Good morning. I would like to call this 

 hearing to order. 



If we can have our witnesses take their places, we will proceed. 

 Thank you. 



Good morning, everyone. I am Congressman Hochbrueckner, and 

 I have been asked to sit in for Chairman Studds this morning. I 

 would like to read his statement into the record. These are the 

 Chairman's remarks. 



In this town, we too often get bogged down with things that 

 don't, can't and probably won't happen. This morning is different. 

 We have the opportunity to focus on something that works quite 

 well, and I am happy to say it is something this Committee did. 



The Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee has authored 

 some of the Nation's most important conservation laws, including 

 the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Spe- 

 cies Act. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, created by 

 our Committee in 1984, has proved to be another great contribution 

 to conservation policy. Despite the chronic ailment of being under- 

 funded, the Foundation has forged many successful partnerships to 

 help conserve our Nation's national resources. 



Partnerships, a common theme that runs through all Foundation 

 projects, is the one word that best describes the reason for the 

 Foundation's success. By bringing together diverse partners from 

 public, private and nonprofit organizations, the Foundation has fos- 

 tered innovative approaches to conservation. 



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