Tag: Sonny Perdue

Forest Fires, Tax Cuts – November 21, 2018

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Interior secretary says local land management can prevent forest fires

Fighting fires, or shifting public lands from federal control? Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, in a press briefing Tuesday on California’s raging forest fires, called for more management of federal forest lands to be shifted to local authorities, arguing that this would help prevent fires. As… Continue reading

New Fish Bill, SNAP, and the Farm Bill – August 17, 2018

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fish bill, environmentalists, republicans, SNAP

A new fish bill could hurt marine management Republicans claim the House version of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, a.k.a. the fish bill, would strike “a proper balance between the biological needs of fish stocks and the economic needs of fishermen.” Environmentalists disagree. As the fight moves to the Senate, the House… Continue reading