WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) wrote to President Trump calling on him to restore vital protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. Last month, Trump issued a proclamation (https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-trump-eliminating-environmental-protections-for-northeast-canyons-and-seamounts-marine-national-monument) rolling back protections for the Monument, opening the Atlantic Ocean's only ...