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GLOUCESTER — The U.S. trade war with China has turned into a war of another kind, as representatives at the state and federal levels are taking aim at tariffs that have rocked several sectors of the New England seafood industry.
In Washington, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for president, filed legislation to expand disaster relief to fisheries — such as the New England lobster industry — harmed by retaliatory tariffs that have choked off lucrative trade with China.
PEABODY — What do a bike shop, a Gloucester seafood processor, a Newburyport lingerie maker and a worldwide athletic shoe company have in common?
They are all nervous about a proposed 25% hike in tariffs on an additional $300 billion worth of products imported from China — a measure that President Donald Trump supports to tackle what is seen as unfair trade practices.
WASHINGTON—Following Iran’s downing of an American drone and reports that the president ordered a retaliatory strike and then cancelled it, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) made the following statement:
SALEM, Mass. – Last night, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) successfully amended the House of Representatives' version of legislation that will fund the government next year to include an additional $1.5 million for research to help scientists, commercial fishermen and conservation groups better protect the critically-endangered North Atlantic right whale. This is on top of the $1 million already included in the bill, bringing Congress’s total FY20 investment to $2.5 million.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is trying to secure additional funding for North Atlantic right whale research through an amendment to the federal government funding bill for fiscal year 2020.
Moulton, D-Salem, successfully amended the House of Representatives' funding bill to include an additional $1.5 million for cooperative research by federal fishery regulators, commercial fishermen and conservation groups.
The amended funding bill now contains $2.5 million for right whale research.
The STOP CSO Act would require local governments to alert residents within 4 hours if stormwater overwhelms sewage plants and carries sewage into rivers and watersheds. The bill also allows state and local governments use grant funding to create the alert system.
BOSTON — Congressional lawmakers are pressing for more timely public notice of sewage discharges into rivers, lakes and other bodies of water in Massachusetts and elsewhere.
A proposal filed Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Seth Moulton, D-Salem and Lori Trahan, D-Westford, would require local governments anywhere in the country to notify the public within four hours of a sewage discharge from combined sewer overflows. The outfalls are part of decades-old sewer and stormwater systems designed to spill when they are inundated, usually by heavy rain.