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Alan Lowenthal: “If that is the case, why are these restrictions not mandatory? And why are we not enforcing them, then?”

On the recordMarch 6, 2019
If that is the case, why are these restrictions not mandatory? And why are we not enforcing them, then?
Said by
Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Asking why voluntary speed restrictions for vessels are not mandatory given high noncompliance.

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