Rep. Nancy Mace pushes amendment to ensure military buys only American

(WCIV) — Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is wading into “Shrimpgate” waters.

On Tuesday, the three-term member of Congress introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which would require the Department of Defense to purchase only American-caught seafood.

“For too long, foreign competitors have undercut American workers, threatened our economy, and exploited loopholes in federal law,” Mace said. “If the Pentagon is buying seafood, it will come from American waters, caught by American hands, not from our adversaries.”

Mace’s amendment comes months after South Carolina shrimpers found that at least 25 restaurants in the Charleston County area were defrauding consumers by allegedly misrepresenting the shrimp they serve as South Carolina-caught product.

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