Sen Begich assures interviewer MSA reauthorization will keep Alaska stocks strong
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KCAW] By Robert Woolsey - September 24, 2014 -
Sen. Mark Begich says the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act will not be moving forward without Alaska’s input.
Begich, a Democrat, chairs the Oceans and Fisheries subcommittee in the US Senate. He says Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s bill (introduced on September 16) was intended to lay out language important to the Republican’s home state. It won’t necessarily be the final language in the bill.
As chairman of the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard subcommittee in the senate, Begich has control over the future of the bill — but his own future has yet to be decided. He’s in a tight, heavily-financed race to retain his senate seat against Republican challenger Dan Sullivan.
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