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Richard Blumenthal: “This system is broken. It is broken from an environmental and an economic standpoint. It's costing jobs, and it is…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
This system is broken. It is broken from an environmental and an economic standpoint. It's costing jobs, and it is preventing the United States from using its fish stocks.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal criticizes the current fisheries system for harming jobs and the economy.

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