GOLDEN'S BILL TO EXTEND LOBSTER, RIGHT WHALE MORATORIUM EARNS GREEN LIGHT FROM NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Washington, July 15 -- Congressman Jared Golden issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday approved a proposal by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) to extend until 2035 protections for Maine's lobstermen from new regulations related to the North Atlantic right whale. The committee advanced H.R. 9436, the Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act, to the House floor in a bipartisan 22-13 vote. The bill, led by Golden and Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), extends the moratorium on certain new regulations - including potential fishery closures - from 2028 to 2035. "I'm grateful to Rep. Lawler and my colleagues on the Committee for a strong show of bipartisan support for Maine lobstermen. In 2...