Washington, Dec. 4 -- Congressman Brad Sherman issued the following op-ed:
Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Congressman Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02), and 25 members of the California Democratic Congressional delegation in condemning the Trump Administration's official draft 2027-2032 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program that includes six lease proposals off the coast of Northern, Central, and Southern California. The plan proposes opening vast swaths of previously protected federal waters - including the California coast - to new oil and gas drilling for the first time in over 40 years, disregarding bipartisan opposition.
The Trump Administration's overwhelmingly unpopular ...