Congress’ top priority Jan. 20 should be renaming Sea of Cortez as Gulf of California on federal maps

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A lot of maps published in the United States call the Sea of Cortez the Gulf of California. Since that’s not the name given to it by Mexico, maybe we need an act of Congress to clear up the confusion. Better yet, maybe we can call it the Gulf of America 2.0.

gulf of california — A lot of maps published in the United States call the Sea of Cortez the Gulf of California. Since that’s not the name given to it by Mexico, maybe we need an act of Congress to clear up the confusion. Better yet, maybe we can call it the Gulf of America 2.0.

Memo to Congressional member Marjorie Taylor Greene. Now that you’ve introduced a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, perhaps you’d like to entertain — an appropriate verb if there ever was one — an amendment to change the name of the Sea of Cortez.

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