Yet the situation is so urgent that we may end up finding a cure to the disease once the person is dead. I'm using an analogy. However, by the time we have a solution, there may be no shrimpers left, because they're going to disappear one way or another. In the end, jobs will be lost. That is why I am looking for an immediate solution. I understand that the process is long, and that it is relatively complicated, but at the same time there are shrimpers who wonder year after year if they will be able to take their boats out. This is a terrible worry for people who make a living from this industry, and who work in processing plants. That is the situation. If the administrative response is too long in coming, then there should at least be a way of sparing those people who are affected by the fact that the review takes too long. I imagine that personally, you would like to solve this issue here and now but that there is a process you are required to follow. Given the circumstances, I'm looking for an immediate solution.
On May 1st, 2007. See this statement in context.