Issue Position: Safeguarding our Environment

Issue Position

*Leading the effort to save Plum Island by successfully securing House passage of H.R. 1887, with a unanimous, bipartisan vote.

*Leading the opposition to the misguided plan to dump Connecticut's dredge waste into the Long Island Sound.

*Secured $27 million in funding for the National Estuary Program, which includes the Peconic Estuary and Long Island Sound. Also, introduced the bipartisan Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, which authorizes $65 million in water quality funding for the Long Island Sound.

*Brought the House Natural Resources Committee Chairman to Long Island for a field hearing in Riverhead regarding important issues facing Long Island's coastal economy and environment.

*As part of a bipartisan coalition in Congress, saved the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and made it permanent, a critical program that has included funding for 65 parks and beaches in Suffolk County alone.

*Member of the Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, Coastal Communities Caucus, Congressional Shellfish Caucus, and Long Island Sound Caucus.

*While in the New York State Senate, led the successful effort to permanently repeal the Saltwater Fishing License Fee.

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