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On the recordMarch 17, 2021
I am proud to lead a bill here in Congress called the PUGET SOS Act to ensure that the Federal Government steps up to be a better partner that State and Tribal and local entities need to save our sound and to assist some of those regional efforts to restore salmon and orca populations, to ensure that future generations can dig for clams, and to uphold Tribal treaty rights.
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Derek Kilmer
Democratic · Washington

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Kilmer emphasizes the need for federal support in environmental restoration efforts.

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