Mayor Scott Lang of New Bedford, backed by Mayor Carolyn Kirk of Gloucester, urged the U.S. Senate Tuesday to subpoena EDF President Fred Krupp to compel him to testify under oath about the influence of his organization on federal fisheries policy.

"It's time to bring the people in under subpoena to get the facts on what was done behind the curtain," Lang said in a telephone interview

The campaign was to be financed by foundation grants and featured "leveraging the value of our seat ...to work the regulatory process from the inside" while Festa "who served as policy director for two secretaries of commerce in the Clinton administration "built top down support." The paper was leaked to the Times in 2009.