Take a good look at these two guys ’cause they are going to be at the table when Congress decides whether to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative at $475 million or $400 million. These guys will have a say in just how great the Great Lakes will be after the initiative is implemented.
The US House approved $475 million and the US Senate is providing for $400 million – now the funding legislation is in conference where it will be determined how much or how little will be authorized.
Ohio’s Senator George Voinovich (R) and Wisconsin’s Senator Her Kohl (D) both know how much the region needs this restoration funding – it will mean more jobs, healthier lakes and ultimately more tourism and a robust real estate market. We need that whole $475 million this year and then we need a continued investment in the years to follow. It is going to take billions to make the lakes and our economy healthy again. Isn’t it time that America started investing in our Great Lakes after all this region did to drive the nation’s economic success for more than a century?
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