California’s US Senate and House Members Call on Biden to Declare Federal Fishery Disaster
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla and Representative Jared Huffman (both D-Calif.) and a group of 18 other Democratic California lawmakers urged President Biden and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to move swiftly to declare a federal fishery disaster, so that assistance secured in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations can be made available to California communities.
The urgent request, sent by letter, follows California Governor Gavin Newsom's ask for the same declaration. Both letters list the devastating effects of a closed salmon season for 2023 ...
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