WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, were joined today by Senators Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska in calling on the Trump administration to release long-delayed disaster relief funds for Oregon and Alaska fisheries.
"Commercial fisheries are imperative to Oregon and Alaska's coastal economy, a critical ecological resource, and especially important to indigenous tribes," the Senators wrote in their letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and Deputy NOAA Administrator Timothy Petty. "Delays in fund disbursal do not only impact the viability of fisheries as an economic resource but a...