Skip to main content

Save Our Shrimpers Act remains stalled in Congress

(The Center Square) — 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-Tex…

PO Box 910 | 238 Market Street | Jennings, LA 70546 | 337.824.3011
PRINT ISSN 3069-4949
ONLINE ISSN 3069-4957