Hearing: Legislative Hearing on:H.R. 338 (Rep. Costa), “Every Drop Counts Act” H.R. 1514 (Rep. Ezell), “Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act” H.R. 3756 (Rep. Crenshaw), “Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025” or the “FISH Act of 2025” H.R. 5699 (Rep. Rutherford), “Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025”

Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Committee on Natural Resources)

Panel one

The Honorable Mike Ezell
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Honorable Jim Costa
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Honorable John H. Rutherford
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Honorable Dan Crenshaw
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Panel two

Mr. Benjamin Batten
Chairman, Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resources Association, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Mr. Justin Conrad
Chair-Elect, National Fisheries Institute, Greensboro, North Carolina

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Ms. Christine Compton
Director os Strategic Communications and Advocacy/ Deputy General Counsel, Irvine Ranch Water District, Irvine, California

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Dr. Christopher "CJ" Sweetman
Federal Fisheries Section Leader, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission- Division of Marine Fisheries Management, Tallahassee, Florida

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