HOUSE PASSES GOLDEN-LAWLER BILL TO PROTECT MAINE LOBSTERMEN FROM BURDENSOME NEW RIGHT WHALE REGULATIONS UNTIL 2035

Washington, Sept. 1 -- Congressman Jared Golden issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Maine's lobstermen and the communities they support would get an extended reprieve from onerous new regulations related to the North Atlantic right whale until 2035 under a bill spearheaded by Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Mike Lawler (NY-17), which passed the House of Representatives in bipartisan 219-196 vote on Tuesday. The Golden-Lawler bill, The Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act, now goes to the Senate. "This bill is a big win not only for fishermen in Maine, but for bipartisanship in Congress," said Golden, whose district hosts the largest lobster fishery in the United States. "While the threat of unnecessary, industry-killing ...