Save Our Shrimpers Act Remains Stalled in Congress

Save Our Shrimpers Act Remains Stalled in Congress

(Just The News)—Nearly six months after it was introduced, the Save Our Shrimpers Act remains stalled in the House Committee on Financial Services, despite growing frustration from Gulf Coast lawmakers and domestic shrimpers who say foreign competition — subsidized in part by U.S. tax dollars— is driving their industry to the brink. The bill, introduced in March by U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, and backed by 17 bipartisan co-sponsors from shrim…

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