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Barbara Mikulski: If you listen to our fishermen and our watermen, if they're cranky, then literally these fishermen put their hooks into…

On the recordApril 9, 2014
If you listen to our fishermen and our watermen, if they're cranky, then literally these fishermen put their hooks into us.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Expressing the importance of addressing fishermen's concerns to avoid backlash.

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