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	<title>That&#039;s My Congress &#187; oceans</title>
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		<title>Sheldon Whitehouse Proposes National Ocean Endowment</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/12/15/sheldon-whitehouse-proposes-national-ocean-endowment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creation of the National Endowment for the Oceans would not increase taxes. Instead, money for the endowment would come from oil drilling revenues and fines for violation of offshore drilling safety regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>Piecemeal or Comprehensive Protection From Oil Spills</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/01/18/piecemeal-or-comprehensive-protection-from-oil-spills/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/01/18/piecemeal-or-comprehensive-protection-from-oil-spills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If offshore drilling for oil is bad for California, then Congress ought to recognize similar vulnerabilities across the USA, and address the larger problem rather than protecting only some areas in a piecemeal fashion.]]></description>
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		<title>Rockefeller Snubs Sharks</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/10/01/rockefeller-snubs-sharks/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/10/01/rockefeller-snubs-sharks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the inaction of Senator John Rockefeller, it may be another decade before the Shark Conservation Act has a chance of passage.]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Ignores Phytoplankton Crisis</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/08/05/congress-ignores-phytoplankton-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/08/05/congress-ignores-phytoplankton-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not one member of the House or Senate has uttered one word about the phytoplankton crisis.  Not one piece of legislation has been proposed to deal with the problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Chaffetz On Offshore Drilling and Ocean Conservation</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/07/28/chaffetz-on-offshore-drilling-and-ocean-conservation/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/07/28/chaffetz-on-offshore-drilling-and-ocean-conservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's absurd for Chaffetz to assert that the Clean Act's extension of the current Land and Water Conservation Fund.]]></description>
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		<title>Shadegg Steps Forward For Billfish</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/07/26/shadegg-steps-forward-for-billfish/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/07/26/shadegg-steps-forward-for-billfish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bipartisan group in Congress is supporting the Billfish Conservation Act. ]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Go Coastal On Ocean Acidification</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/10/republicans-go-coastal-on-ocean-acidification/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/10/republicans-go-coastal-on-ocean-acidification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[15 of the 20 Republicans who voted in favor of a resolution supporting action on ocean acidification come from states that border the ocean.]]></description>
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		<title>House Hypocrisy On Cousteau Resolution and Offshore Oil</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/09/house-hypocrisy-on-cousteau-resolution-and-offshore-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/09/house-hypocrisy-on-cousteau-resolution-and-offshore-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cousteau birthday resolution is worse than nothing when Congress continues to hold the profits of Big Oil in a higher place than the ecological integrity of American waters.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Rockefeller Leaves Otters Hanging</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/07/senator-rockefeller-leaves-otters-hanging/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/07/senator-rockefeller-leaves-otters-hanging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[H.R. 556 would require oil companies currently operating along California's coast to clean up their operations and work to ensure reasonable protection of California's coastal ecosystems. Is that why John Rockefeller opposes the legislation?]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Opposition To Offshore Drilling Is Piecemeal</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/05/13/senate-opposition-to-offshore-drilling-is-piecemeal/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/05/13/senate-opposition-to-offshore-drilling-is-piecemeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 17:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators are offering limited legislation to deal with the problem of risky offshore drilling, presenting bills that affect only certain areas, or only for a certain time.]]></description>
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