WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today celebrated the Senate passage of his bipartisan and bicameral Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act (https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-markey-cornyn-reintroduce-legislation-to-fund-sea-turtle-research-and-rescue-assistance), legislation to establish funding at the Department of Commerce for the rescue, recovery and research of sea turtles in Massachusetts and across the United States. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) co-leads the legislation.
"Right now, every known species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters is either ...