Rep. Langevin Votes to Block Offshore Drilling in Rhode Island
September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
Congressman Langevin (D-RI) today voted in favor of H.R. 1941, the Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, which would ban oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. The bill would definitively reject a Trump Administration proposal, currently held up in the courts, to reverse protections of these waters that were put in place by President Obama. H.R. 1941 passed the Hou . . .
Congressman Langevin (D-RI) today voted in favor of H.R. 1941, the Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, which would ban oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. The bill would definitively reject a Trump Administration proposal, currently held up in the courts, to reverse protections of these waters that were put in place by President Obama. H.R. 1941 passed the Hou . . .