U.S. House Hearing Highlights Mutually Exclusive Policy Goals With NOAA Fisheries in the Middle
Yesterday's oversight hearing of the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries, part of the House Natural Resources Committee, was focused on challenges facing the seafood industry addressed by President Trump’s Executive Order 14276 of April 17 on “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness.”
But the subcommittee got more than that.
From both witnesses and panel members, Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-WY) heard how competing policies within the executive branch — the President’s E.O. and DOGE cuts to NOAA Fisheries in the Department of Commerce — were working...
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