Oregon Sens. Wyden, Merkley Call on Administration to Maintain Funding for Sea Grant Programs
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Susan Chambers - April 23, 2018
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, joined 24 of their colleagues in urging the administration to reconsider its plan to eliminate funding for the National Sea Grant program in the president’s fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget.
“As senators from some of the states with Sea Grant programs, we see firsthand how this federal investment is leveraged locally to bring immense returns to coastal communities, fishermen, universities, and students,” the senators wrote to members of the ...
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