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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02)

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following the WNBA All-Stars game this past weekend and ahead of the Minnesota Lynx-New York Liberty game, U.S. Representative Angie Craig took to the House floor to condemn the circumstances around the Lynx-Liberty series that cost the Lynx the 2024 WNBA championship title.

In her speech, Rep. Craig explained that last year, at the beginning of the series, she made a bet with fellow Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) that the Lynx would beat the Liberty. If the Lynx lost, Rep. Craig would don a Liberty jersey and formally congratulate the Liberty on the House floor. 

Today, Rep. Craig did no such thing. Instead, she highlighted the determination and grit that carried the Lynx through the playoffs and into the championship game against the Liberty, remarking, “The Minnesota Lynx clawed their way through the playoffs. They defied the odds. They outworked every team and every narrative.”

Refusing to accept the final call of the game – Alanna Smith’s so-called “foul” against Breanna Stewart – Rep. Craig took the opportunity to call out the WNBA’s clear bias toward the New York Liberty. “And in the final second of a championship game – on the biggest stage – they didn’t get outplayed,” she said. “They got erased.” 

“Let me just say it out loud: the WNBA wanted the Liberty to win,” Rep. Craig continued. “Big-market team. Superstar faces. A tidy storyline for the league office and league Commissioner who literally wore the New York City skyline on her dress that night. And Minnesota? We were the wrong script. Too gritty. Too real. Too inconvenient.” 

In closing, Rep. Craig took the opportunity to advocate for fair pay for female athletes in the WNBA.

“The league talks about fairness. The league talks about lifting women up,” Rep. Craig said. “Pay them what they deserve if you want to lift women up in the WNBA.” 

You can watch Rep. Craig’s full remarks on the House floor here.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02)

EAGAN, MN – As of this month, the Office of U.S. Representative Angie Craig has saved constituents in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District $8,002,266 through its work to assist Minnesotans who have had money wrongfully or mistakenly withheld by federal agencies. 

“Folks in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District elected me to serve them, and that is my number one priority in Congress,” said Rep. Craig. “I am so proud of the work that my team has done to cut through the red tape and put money back into Minnesotans’ pockets – and I look forward to continuing our efforts to make government work for everyday Minnesotans.” 

Since Rep. Craig was elected to Congress in 2018, her office has closed 5,697 cases. Her constituent services team has successfully closed 568 cases during this Congress alone. 

Rep. Craig’s office has resolved cases involving the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Department of State, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Small Business Administration (SBA) and other federal agencies. 

Constituents seeking help with a federal agency can contact Rep. Craig’s constituent services team via phone at (651)846-2120 or email at RepCraigCasework@mail.house.gov. More information on Rep. Craig’s constituent services can be found at https://craig.house.gov/casework.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02)

ST. PAUL, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined Protect Our Care Minnesota for a virtual press conference to discuss Congressional Republicans’ recent vote to advance the deepest cuts to health care in American history. Rep. Craig was joined by Alicia Schaupp, the mother of a daughter with chronic illness who relies on Medicaid for care, and Kerry Adelmann, a homecare worker, member of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and the mother of a veteran who became disabled in a motorcycle accident after returning from Iraq.

During the event, Rep. Craig emphasized the devastating impacts that Republican Medicaid cuts will have on everyday Minnesotans and recommitted to working with state and local officials to ensure that Minnesotans can continue to access quality health care. 

“Working and middle-class Minnesotans will die because President Trump and Republicans in Congress are more concerned with lining the pockets of those who are already the wealthiest in our country, and they’re putting that over your family’s health,” said Rep. Craig. “But I’m not. Democrats are not. I believe that access to health care should be a right, not a privilege. That’s why I will do everything in my power to ensure that every Minnesotan is able to access the health care that they need.”

By slashing Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act tax credits after they expire at the end of this year, Congressional Republicans voted to take health care away from 17 million Americans, including 173,268 Minnesotans, in order to fund massive tax breaks for billionaires and wealthy corporations.

Republicans’ cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will not only increase health care costs for Minnesotans, but will also likely force Minnesota counties to increase property taxes by shifting the cost of government programs over to the State. 

Rep. Craig has long fought to lower health care costs and protect Medicaid in Congress. In April, she joined fellow top Democrats in introducing her Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act to block the extreme and unprecedented cuts to SNAP and Medicaid in the Republican budget.  

In 2023, Rep. Craig introduced her Emergency Access to Insulin Act to help Americans without health insurance afford insulin by expanding emergency insulin access, lowering costs for those without health insurance and taking additional steps to hold drug companies accountable for price gouging Americans. And in 2022, provisions of Rep. Craig’s Affordable Insulin Now Act to cap insulin copays at $35/month for Medicare recipients were signed into law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.

You can watch the full press conference here.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02)

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to stop drug trafficking on social media platforms and help law enforcement counter the sale of illicit drugs online.

Rep. Craig’s bipartisan bill requires social media companies and other communication service providers to alert federal law enforcement when illicit drug-dealing and distribution occurs on their platforms.

The Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act is named for Devin Norring of Hastings, MN, and Cooper Davis of Shawnee, KS. Both teenagers died of fentanyl poisoning after purchasing what they thought were Percocet pills on Snapchat. The pills were laced with illicit fentanyl.

“Fentanyl has wreaked havoc on Minnesota communities, and we know that too many fentanyl overdoses have been caused by drugs that were sold through social media,” said Rep. Craig. “We can and should hold social media companies accountable for drug trafficking on their platforms. That’s why I’m proud to be working across the aisle to pass this common-sense legislation that will force social media companies to report drug trafficking to the authorities, help law enforcement curb the sale of illicit drugs and keep Minnesotans safe online.” 

“Fentanyl is tearing apart families and devastating communities across America,” said Rep. Miller-Meeks. “The Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act gives law enforcement the tools they need to stop the online sale of deadly fentanyl and hold those targeting our kids accountable. By requiring social media and communication platforms to report fentanyl activity, we can save lives and shut down this growing threat. As a mother, physician, and former state public health director, I’m proud to help lead this bipartisan, bicameral effort to protect our youth and strengthen our response to the fentanyl crisis.” 

The National Crime Prevention Council estimates that eight in ten teen and young adult fentanyl overdose deaths are associated with social media contact. According to the MN Department of Health, synthetic opioids like fentanyl are now involved in about 70% of all overdose deaths in Minnesota, according to preliminary 2023 data. 

The Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act is endorsed by the Alexander Neville Foundation, the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies, the American College of Emergency Physicians, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, the Community Anti-Drug Coalition, the Cooper Davis Memorial Foundation, the Devin J. Norring Foundation, Houston HIDTA, Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse, the National Association of Counties, the National District Attorneys Association, the National HIDTA Directors Association, the Partnership for Safe Medicines and Snap, Inc..

“Our family and the Devin J. Norring Foundation wholeheartedly support the Cooper Davis & Devin Norring Act – legislation that serves as a critical step toward protecting families from the deadly threat of fentanyl sold through social media,” said the family of Devin J. Norring and the Devin J. Norring Foundation. “This bill honors the lives of Cooper and Devin by holding tech companies accountable and giving law enforcement the tools they need to respond to this crisis. No parent should have to search for answers in a system that shields predators. It’s time for truth, transparency, and action.”

“Our family continues to be extremely grateful for Senator Marshall and his colleagues’ dedication to this legislation,” said Libby Davis, mother of Cooper Davis. “We are both honored and saddened to have another name, Devin Norring, added to this bill.  However, the harsh reality is that there are thousands of other teenagers’ names that could be added to this bill because they too lost their lives in this same tragic way.  Each with a story demonstrating that this can happen to any family. We, as parents and grandparents, do so many things to keep our kids safe, from baby gates, car seats, and seatbelts, to bike helmets, sunscreen, and vaccinations. This is no different. We need our legislators to come together and get this bipartisan bill across the finish line so that countless children can be saved, theirs being no exception.” 

Representatives Kim Schrier (D-WA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Don Davis (D-NC), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Derek Schmidt (R-KS) and Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) are original co-sponsors of the legislation. Companion legislation is sponsored in the Senate by Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Todd Young (R-IN). 

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-3)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the 988 LGBTQ+ crisis support line is being shut down as previously ordered by the Trump Administration. In response, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers and national mental health advocates spoke out against the harmful decision and called for its immediate reversal. Today’s event follows an earlier plea to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., urging his office to “scrap this ill-advised plan.”

Since its launch in 2022, the LGBTQ+ subline under the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has been a critical, life-saving resource for LGBTQ+ youth and adults facing mental health crises. The line has handled nearly 1.3 million calls, texts, and chats from LGBTQ+ individuals seeking support. Its closure comes at a time of growing need — just last year, nearly 40 percent of LGBTQ+ youth seriously considered suicide, according to national surveys.

WATCH: Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge Protection of 988 LGBTQ+ Crisis Support Line

“The 988 LGBTQ+ line is not just a phone number — it’s a lifeline,” said Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS-03). “This resource has helped save lives and connect LGBTQ+ youth with trained counselors who understand their experiences. It’s deeply disturbing that the Trump Administration is choosing to dismantle this service at a time when so many young people are in crisis. Ending it now is dangerous, and I’m proud to stand with colleagues from both parties to fight for its restoration.”

“We all know someone with a mental health condition because it’s just as common as heart disease or diabetes in America,” said Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA-06). “That is true in every corner of the country, in red states as well as blue. That’s why mental health should never be political, especially when it comes to kids.  It’s alarming that the Trump administration would rather leave LGBTQ+ youth at risk instead of simply keeping the Trevor Project line of 988 funded. We are going to keep pushing back until the funding is restored – lives depend on it.”

“The Trump Administration is once again attacking the LGBTQI+ community by terminating the 988 lifeline. This is cruel, and this is unacceptable,” said Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR-06). “Mental health is not a partisan issue, and our children should not be used as pawns in President Trump’s purely political game. I’m committed to expanding access to specialty mental health care, and I won’t stop fighting until everyone can access the affordable, high-quality care they deserve.”

“For the past three years, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline has been a lifesaving resource for millions of Americans,” said Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA-07). “The Trump Administration’s cruel decision to shut down the 988 Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ youth option will cost lives. One of every twelve callers to the general 988 crisis line is an LGBTQ+ youth. These calls aren’t just statistics. These are real kids, with names, with families, and with dreams. I’m proud to stand with my colleagues to demand that this critical funding continue.”

“Stripping away specialized crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth is an act of cruelty, not cost-cutting,” said Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY-20). “This was a lifeline for nearly 1.3 million young people, many of whom had nowhere else to turn. We should be expanding this support, not dismantling it to appease homophobic extremists.”

“LGBTQ+ youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers. It should not be a political issue, but a matter of basic human decency to restore the 988 hotline’s specialized services that have been proven to save LGBTQ+ children’s lives,” said Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH-01). “We all know someone who struggles with their mental health. We will continue to call on the administration to right this wrong and make them see why they must fund these critical services for LGBTQ+ youth.”

The decision to shut down the LGBTQ+ subline has drawn widespread concern from mental health experts and civil rights organizations, including The Trevor Project, which helped establish the dedicated line in partnership with the federal government. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ own data shows the subline has significantly expanded access to crisis care for LGBTQ+ individuals, especially youth in underserved communities.

Today’s press conference included Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Paul Tonko (D-NY-20), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), Chris Pappas (D-NH-01), Andrea Salinas (D-OR-06), Mike Lawler (R-NY-17), and representatives from The Trevor Project, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The bipartisan group emphasized that the LGBTQ+ subline is not duplicative or political — it is a proven, specialized tool that meets a real and growing public health need.

“The 988 Lifeline’s ‘press 3’ option represents a landmark, bipartisan achievement that has connected more than 1.5 million LGBTQ+ youth in crisis with life-saving care during their darkest moments,” said Jaymes Black, CEO, The Trevor Project. “Ending our country’s suicide crisis is about people, not politics — and we are devastated that the federal government has prioritized a political agenda over saving the lives of at-risk young Americans. Even in the wake of this difficult news, we express our enormous gratitude to the champions in Congress and across the mental health space who have fought to protect these life-saving services — and who continue to fight for a country that supports the health, happiness, and safety of LGBTQ+ young people everywhere. For any LGBTQ+ young person who needs help or support, The Trevor Project’s counselors are still here for you 24/7 — no matter what. Visit TheTrevorProject.org/Get-Help.”

“LGBTQ+ youth face unique challenges — including stigma, discrimination, and elevated stress — that contribute to a suicide attempt rate more than four times higher than their non-LGBTQ+ peers,” said Robert Gebbia, Chief Executive Officer, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. “Recognizing the urgent need for culturally competent support, Congress established a dedicated crisis line for LGBTQ+ youth in 2022. Since then, usage has grown steadily, with over 1.4 million contacts as of June 2025. We are grateful to Representatives Moulton, Krishnamoorthi, Davids, Matsui, Salinas, Tonko, Pappas, Fitzpatrick, and Lawler for championing continued support for this life-saving resource. At a time when youth, including LGBTQ+ youth, are facing a mental health crisis, eliminating specialized services would endanger lives.”

“Since its launch, over 1.3 million individuals have reached out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults. The importance of talking to someone who understands your experience or has a shared experience with you is invaluable, and it has saved countless lives,” said Hannah Wesolowski, Chief Advocacy Officer, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). “NAMI urges the Administration to immediately reverse its decision eliminating these specialized services and to support resources for the mental health of our LGBTQ+ friends and family, who are tragically at a higher risk of suicide.”

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text, or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-3)

This week, U.S. Representative Sharice Davids joined Members of Congress from both chambers in reintroducing the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to make high-quality child care more affordable and accessible for families across the country. It supports pre-K programs, strengthens wages for child care workers, and invests in Head Start.

“As someone raised by a single mom who often worked more than one job, I know how essential reliable, affordable child care is to working families,” said Davids. “Across Kansas and the country, parents are being forced to make impossible choices — between paying the bills and finding care for their kids. This bill addresses the child care crisis head-on and gives parents the tools they need to succeed and keep working.”

Nationwide, the cost of child care has skyrocketed — rising 29 percent since 2020, outpacing inflation. The average annual cost of child care now exceeds $13,000, placing enormous pressure on families. In Kansas and nearly every other state, those costs exceed rent or even in-state college tuition. The child care crisis is not only a burden for families, but also for the economy, costing the U.S. over $100 billion per year in lost earnings, productivity, and revenue.

The Child Care for Working Families Act would:

• Cap child care costs at 7 percent of a family’s income, with many paying significantly less or nothing at all.
• Expand access to high-quality child care and pre-K programs nationwide.
• Increase wages for child care and Head Start workers.
• Stabilize the child care sector and support full-day, full-year programming.

Davids has made child care a cornerstone of her work in Congress, introducing her own legislation — the Affordable Child Care Act — to support early learning and boost supply. She has also secured investment funding for Kansas child care providers and continues to advocate for working parents at the federal level.

But while Davids is working to lower costs, recent actions by the Trump Administration have only worsened the child care crisis. The administration has gutted oversight of the federal child care office, delayed disbursement of key child care and Head Start funds, and forced massive holes in state budgets, which include drastic cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. These harmful decisions are forcing states to consider pulling back on their own investments in child care, right as families need them most.

To read the bill text, click here. To read the fact sheet, click here. To read the section-by-section, click here. 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-3)

Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Gwen Moore (WI-04) led their colleagues in calling for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to restore the Not Invisible Act Commission Report to their website. This report included critical information on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person (MMIP) crisis but was abruptly removed due to an executive order, erasing years of needed research.

In the letter, the Members highlight the important insights in the report, writing, “The Not Invisible Act Commission was composed of Tribal leaders, law enforcement, federal partners, service providers, and survivors who made recommendations to the DOJ and DOI on combating violence against American Indians and Alaskan Natives. The Commission held seven in-person field hearings and one multi-day virtual national hearing to hear from over 260 people. Many people who spoke to the Commission were family members of lost loved ones or themselves victimized by violence. Their stories and insights were essential to the report’s final recommendations and provided critical insight into addressing the MMIP crisis. This landmark report was a culmination of months of due diligence collection of testimony and data from across the country.”

“This legislation took a critical step in establishing how the government can continue to address the longstanding and ongoing MMIP crisis through the comprehensive collection of information and reporting on a federal agency level. However, on February 18th, 2025, the 212-page report titled, Not One More, was removed from the DOJ website. We understand that this was done to comply with President Trump’s Executive Order entitled Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Defending Women). However, the work done by the Not Invisible Act Commission explicitly does not promote gender ideology or extremism and is compliant with sections d and f of the OPM memo on this matter.”

In the letter the Members emphasize the importance of this report given that Indigenous people, especially Indigenous women, face higher rates of violence yet these incidences are underreported. 

“Indigenous people face disproportionate rates of violence. According to DOJ’s National Institute of Justice, 84.3 percent of women and 81.6 percent of men have experienced violence in their lifetime.1 At the same time, lack of data due to racial misclassification and adverse relationships between tribal government and outside law enforcement have led to an un-reporting of MMIP cases.”

The Members call for action, writing “We ask that the DOJ take immediate steps to restore the Not Invisible Act Commission Report as removing the data from public government websites obstructs long-overdue justice and harms any efforts to combat the crisis.”

The Members continue, “Accessible data is essential to addressing this crisis as it identifies patterns of disappearances and death, supports law enforcement and community responses, and informs public policy decision-making. The final report’s removal strips our most powerful tool in the pursuit of justice.”

Read the full text of the letter here.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-3)

Landmark Project to Create Thousands of Jobs and Cement Kansas as a National Leader in Clean Manufacturing

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02)

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is urging the House Natural Resources Committee (HNRC) to protect Maine’s lobstermen from new regulations related to the protection of the North Atlantic right whale until 2035. 

Golden worked with the Maine delegation and Governor Janet Mills to enact a moratorium on such regulations starting in 2023, but it is scheduled to expire in 2028. The HNRC Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries met today to discuss a draft amendment to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which would extend the moratorium for seven more years.

“It was only three years ago that Maine’s lobster industry was on the verge of shutting down because of a regulatory process that was based on flawed interpretation of the MMPA and biased modeling that relied heavily on hypothetical threats that fisheries posed to the right whale,” Golden said. “[This amendment] would give the government the time it needs to craft regulations based on real science, reliable data and input from Mainers. And it would give lobstermen the time they need to prepare for whatever additional costs and changes to their harvesting practices may be required by new regulations.”

Golden also introduced into the record a letter in support of the amendment from Maine stakeholders, including the Maine Lobstering Union, Maine Lobster Association, New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association and Downeast Lobstermen’s Association. (See here)

The Congressman’s full remarks, as drafted, are included below: 

“Thank you, Madam Chair. 

“The Marine Mammal Protection Act has a tremendous impact on the lives and livelihoods of the thousands of Maine lobstermen and fishermen I have the privilege to represent. So, I am grateful to you and the Ranking Member for having this hearing to discuss potential changes to the law.  

“I have serious concerns with the MMPA and I believe that changes need to be made to the law to ensure that it cannot be used to shut down entire fisheries and the communities they support. Simply put, the federal government should not be in the business of destroying the lives of hardworking Americans and thousands of small family-owned businesses based on assumptions that are not grounded in sound data.

“This is particularly true when it comes to regulations seeking to protect the North Atlantic right whale. It was only three years ago that Maine’s lobster industry was on the verge of shutting down because of a regulatory process that was based on flawed interpretation of the MMPA and biased modeling that relied heavily on hypothetical threats that fisheries posed to the right whale.

“That is why one of my proudest accomplishments in Congress was the successful effort in 2022 — working with the entire Maine delegation and our governor, on a bipartisan basis — to enact a moratorium on these regulations until 2028, coupled with additional funding to support right whale research. 

“However, based on my conversations with fishermen, more time is needed to incorporate the research and data collected during the pause into future right whale regulations. I am grateful to Congressman Begich of Alaska for working with me on this Discussion Draft and for including a much-needed extension of the regulatory pause until 2035 to ensure that any future actions taken to protect right whales are informed by a greater volume of data.

“I know that some of my colleagues, in the interest of protecting the right whale, have concerns with this Discussion Draft. So, let me share with you some facts: 

“First, and perhaps most importantly: It remains the case that Maine lobstermen do not pose an existential threat to the North Atlantic right whale. In the decades since we began tracking the cause of marine mammal serious injury and mortality, there has been only one instance where Maine lobster gear has been attributed to a right whale death — though even that linkage is tenuous at best. Maine lobstermen have a proven track record of leading the way when it comes to ocean resource conservation and mitigating the risk of whale entanglements, including the adoption of weak links and gear marking. 

“Second: The premise behind the original regulations has since been struck down by the courts. In 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service had distorted the science and relied on egregiously wrong interpretations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in crafting its proposed rules. The Court admonished the agency for basing its edicts on arbitrary, worst-case scenarios that were ‘very likely wrong.’ 

“Third: Fishermen need more time. In part because the court order forced regulators to go back to the drawing board, the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team won’t hold its first meeting on new regulations until 2026. If the moratorium expires in 2028, lobstermen will have insufficient time to plan for new regulations and may well find themselves unable to comply and forced to stop fishing entirely. 

“Maine’s lobster fishery has most recently been valued at more than half a billion dollars — and that’s just the value of the catch. It also supports tens of thousands of jobs. It is an iconic part of our state’s economy, heritage and appeal to visitors. As the largest source of lobster in the country, this fishery is an integral part of domestic and international supply chains.

“Maine’s fishermen are responsible stewards of our marine resources. No one is more invested than they are in ensuring a healthy ocean ecosystem. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. It would give the government the time it needs to craft regulations based on real science, reliable data and input from Mainers. And it would give lobstermen the time they need to prepare for whatever additional costs and changes to their harvesting practices may be required by new regulations. 

“To close Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to submit into the record a letter from fishermen on both coasts in support of the MMPA Discussion Draft. Signatories on the letter include my constituents in the Maine Lobstering Union, Maine Lobster Association, New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association and Downeast Lobstermen’s Association. 

“Thank you and I yield back.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02)

Congressman secures funding for destroyers, requirement for military footwear to be ‘Made in USA,’ among other wins