How Maine lobstermen turned a ‘slap in the face’ from the White House into a policy victory
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The Maine Lobstermen's Association is encouraged that a rider in the 2023 omnibus will temporarily curb a crippling regulation on its famous and historical industry.
The regulatory battle had been hard fought for several months, but with little national attention. But when President Biden served 200 Maine lobsters at a White House state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron, that put a spotlight on the controversy that opened the door for Biden’s crippling policy to be curbed, at least for now. Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"As a commercial fisherman, I'm glad to see lobster on the menu at the White House," Dustin Delano, vice president of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview after the White House dinner.
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