Whereas the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), under the direction of the Department of the Interior, has as of March 2023 leased 1,753,818 acres of offshore land for wind development and is planning on leasing another 1,700,000 acres off the Central Atlantic coast and additional leases off the Northern Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Maine; Whereas offshore wind turbines are over 900 feet tall, 600 feet higher than standard onshore wind turbines; Whereas the interarray and offshore export connection cables between wind farms and onshore energy grids will require the dredging of hundreds of miles of ocean floor; Whereas lease areas sit along known migration routes and foraging areas of North Atlantic right whales, humpback whales, and economically important commercial and recreational fish species; Whereas disturbances to right whale foraging areas could have population-level effects on the already endangered and stressed species; Whereas, between December 2022 and March 2023, 23 dead whales have washed ashore on the East Coast, including on the shores of Lido Beach on Long Island, New York, the North Brigantine Natural Area in Brigantine, New Jersey, and the shores of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Whereas the BOEM and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have an unclear process for determining all contributing causes of death of whales through necropsies; Whereas NOAA lacks a mechanism to oversee and enforce the parameters of its incidental harassment authorizations of marine mammals issued to offshore wind companies; Whereas areas leased as of March 2023 for offshore wind turbines sit along established fishing grounds that generate 40 percent of the United States fisheries $4,800,000,000 annual economic output, and provides food for millions of Americans