WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and Brian Mast, R-Fla., have introduced bipartisan legislation to protect marine mammals like manatees, dolphins, seals, and whales. The Marine Mammal Research and Response Act increases funding for two initiatives--the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program and the Unusual Mortality Event fund--that the federal government uses to support effor  more