host: stephen nelson couples the white house for the washington examiner.hank you for your time this money. -- stephen nelson covers the white house for "the washington examiner." thank you for your time this morning. to florida. we have tom on the line. good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to say that trump needs an intervention on twitter. -- heds to keep his words promised the american people that all americans would get cheaper health care. that is not happening. he needs to denounce the kkk and like many republican politicians. host: did you vote for president trump? caller: yes. host: do you think his comments this week risk branding the gop as a party that is open to racial intolerance? caller: that is his problem. that is the problem he has right now. he needs to come onto television like ronald reagan and the bushes and say we don't support your nazis. simple as that. how hard is that? i do not support david duke, i do not support the kkk. i don't like them, i don't want them, the american people don't want them. do i need to say it out

stephens act. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator nelson. i want to again welcome our witnesses today, mr. chris oliver, assistant administrator for the national marine fisheries service, nmfs. i want to exprison my appreciation to secretary ross for the selection of chris. dr. john quinn, the chair of the council coordination committee in northeast fisheries management council. you will each have five minutes to deliver an oral statement, a longer written statement will be included in the record if you so desire. mr. oliver, the floor is yours. >> is that on? thank you for the dunt to testify today. i participated in both the 1996 and 2006 reauthorization processes in my previous role and while i'm wearing a different hat today and this administration has yet to take formal position on specific issues, my fundamental perspectives remain built upon the success of the act as evidenced by sustainable management in the north pacific fisheries and the successes we've achieved in fisheries across the united states. i would like to describe some of the agency's successes under the act but i want