U.S. House Natural Resources Committee: Witnesses: President Obama’s Ocean Zoning Plan Will Stifle Economic Growth, Create Regulatory Uncertainty, Threaten Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 4, 2011 – Today, the Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal and Inland Activities.” At the hearing, Members heard about the potential job and economic implications of President Obama’s Executive Order 13547, which creates a new, top-down bureaucracy that could significantly impact the way we use and manage our oceans and imposes mandatory ocean zoning…