Committed to pressing NOAA to revise its North Atlantic right whale rule and to defend Maine's lobster industry, blocking expedited confirmation of a NOAA nominee as leverage to make the agency follow its own data.

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Derived from a tracked promise: “Committed to pressing NOAA to revise its North Atlantic right whale rule and to defend Maine's lobster industry, blocking expedited confirma…”