Oregon Congresswoman gaining traction on bill to award more federal money toward Japanese Tsunami debris cleanup
Japanese Tsunami Dock
Agate Beach, March, 2012
An Oregon congresswoman has managed to get two bills out of committee that would allow quicker access to federal money to clean up Japanese Tsunami debris along the west coast. More than a year after debris started coming ashore in Oregon and other states, access to federal funds is still, by some estimations, clumsy and badly timed.
But that could change if Rep. Suzanne Bonamici’s bills make it through the House, the Senate and lands on President Obama’s desk. The story is in the Oregonian. Click here.
