WHITEHOUSE, PADILLA, SCHIFF, CARBAJAL LEAD COLLEAGUES IN BRIEF CHALLENGING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ILLEGAL OVERREACH TO RESTART THE SABLE OFFSHORE OIL PIPELINE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee issued the following press release:

Lawmakers' brief urges Ninth Circuit to reverse district court's decision, issue preliminary injunction

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), led an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of California v. Wright, challenging the Trump administration's illegal overreach to restart the Sable Offshore Oil Pipeline.

Last month, the lawmakers submitted a brief in this case to the U.S. District Court for the Central Dis...