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Jared Huffman: This bill threatens our Nation's fishing industry and attempts to undermine our Nation's bedrock environmental laws.

On the recordNovember 29, 2017
This bill threatens our Nation's fishing industry and attempts to undermine our Nation's bedrock environmental laws.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman criticizes a bill that could harm the fishing industry and environmental laws.

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