Fishermen criticize Sen. Warren's plan to 'muffle' their voices.

Fishermen are opposing plans from Capitol Hill Democrats to revive a legal doctrine that they claim will suppress their voices.

On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and her Democrat colleagues introduced the Stop Corporate Capture Act (SCCA) to prevent corporations from "seizing" the government.

The Chevron doctrine, a legal theory established in the 1980s that holds that if a federal regulation is challenged, the courts should defer to the expertise of the agency, would be codified by the bill.

The Supreme Court recently overturned a doctrine resulting from a lawsuit brought by fishermen against the government, who claimed that the government's regulations on their industry exceeded Congress's authority. Justice Thomas stated that Chevron deference allows the Executive Branch to exercise powers not granted to it.

The Chevron doctrine's potential permanence in federal law has prompted New England fishermen to protest, citing the recent offshore wind disaster on Nantucket as evidence of why lawmakers should not delegate power to "expert bureaucrats" over their industry.

The Vineyard Wind turbines, which are falling apart in Senator Warren's home state, are spreading debris from Nantucket to Cape Cod. Fishermen have always known that offshore wind will be a disaster for our oceans. But alphabet soup agencies used Chevron deference to silence us, as Jerry Leeman, CEO of the New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association (NEFSA), told Planet Chronicle Digital.

"Chevron's absence provides fishermen with an opportunity to safeguard their jobs, traditions, communities, and the marine ecosystem from the influence of regulators and developers who are commercializing the ocean."

The wind farms off the coast of Massachusetts were constructed by a joint venture between foreign entities Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

In Nantucket, debris and shards of fiberglass washed ashore after a football field-length blade snapped off a wind turbine earlier this month.

The Biden administration's offshore wind development has faced opposition from groups such as NEFSA and the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA), yet their efforts have been unsuccessful so far.

The Inflation Reduction Act granted Vineyard Wind a 30% tax break, which was part of an extension and increase in tax credits for wind energy projects that commenced construction before January 1, 2025.

The fear of the Chevron doctrine being enshrined in law is that fishermen, such as Leeman, who assert their expertise in their own field, are overshadowed by government agencies that oversee them if a legal challenge emerges.

Steve Forbes stated that Sen. Warren's attacks on small and family businesses are unlimited. She aims to give bureaucrats control over small businesses, despite the Supreme Court's decision to free them from big government.

Elaine Parker of the Job Creators Network Foundation stated that the new bill from Sen. Warren and the far-left in Congress, which aims to codify the Chevron Doctrine into law, is an attempt to bypass the Supreme Court's recent ruling that limits the power of unaccountable federal agencies.

"Senator Warren and her team are outsourcing their legislative duties to bureaucrats, increasing the size and reach of the federal government at the expense of small businesses, according to Parker, who also stated that the bill may be unconstitutional."

She stated that this bill demonstrates once more that Democrats support regulators over the general public.

Planet Chronicle Digital's request for comment from Warren's office was not responded to.