Original sentence: Also prior to election, he was appointed by the Speaker of the RI House of Representatives to the Legislative Commission on Aquaculture Development (1995-1998), and to the Legislative Commission to Develop and Coordinate a Collaborative Effort to Formulate a Restoration Plan for the  North Cape Barge Oil Spill (1999)
Edited sentence: Also prior to election, he was appointed the Speaker of the RI House of Representatives, to the Legislative Commission on Aquaculture Development (1995-1998), and to the Legislative Commission to Develop and Coordinate a Collaborative Effort to Formulate a Restoration Plan for the  North Cape Barge Oil Spill (1999).In 1999 and 2000, he was appointed by the Speaker as a legislative proxy to meetings of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission