Michelle Wu: “The House today will take up a supplemental appropriations bill which shows tremendous disrespect for hard-working rural…”

“The House today will take up a supplemental appropriations bill which shows tremendous disrespect for hard-working rural coastal community families on the West Coast of the United States. There is a groundfish disaster occurring on the West Coast because a Federal agency has basically shut down groundfishing on the West Coast, causing several thousand families hardship. There were funds in this bill which have been removed, and despite a bipartisan amendment proposed to restore those funds sponsored by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden) and I, by the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Kuykendall), this amendment was not made in order. I intend to bring this amendment to the floor of the House today. I ask the support of my fellow Members to address this groundfish disaster that is drastically affecting West Coast hard-working rural community fishing families. It is a commonsense bipartisan proposal to address a true emergency that is occurring today.”