Washington, March 26 -- Congresswoman Maxine Dexter issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, today joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), alongside U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (D-OR-03), in reintroducing the Plug Offshore Wells Act, bicameral legislation to address the growing threat of abandoned offshore oil and gas infrastructure to marine ecosystems and the environment as a result of climate change and extreme weather events. The lawmakers' bill would direct the Department of the Interior (DOI) to submit an annual, publicly available report to Congress on the s...