Joyce, House Great Lakes Task Force Urge House Leadership to Consider GLRI
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Great Lakes Task Force Co-Chairs Dave Joyce (OH-14), Bill Huizenga (MI-4), Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), and Debbie Dingell (MI-6) sent a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urging consideration of S. 3738, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act (GLRI) of 2024, on the House floor before the end of the 118th Congress. They were joined by 19 bipartisan House colleagues. Last week, this bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
“With the Senate taking clear, bipartisan action to unanimously support the reauthorization of GLRI, it is imperative that the House do the same. This is essential to foster a proactive approach to conservation, which will provide the stability and certainty needed to ensure agencies, local communities, and stakeholders can plan effectively and allocate resources for long-term strategies to benefit the health of the ecosystem,” said the letter.
Background:
On February 6th, 2024, Congressman Joyce and his colleagues on the House Great Lakes Task Force introduced this bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of FY 2026, for another five years through FY 2031. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) introduced companion legislation, S. 3738. This legislation passed the Senate by unanimous consent on December 4, 2024.
Cosigners include Representatives Jack Bergman (MI-01), Shontel Brown (OH-11), Sean Casten (IL-06), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Bill Foster (IL-11), Bill Huizenga (MI-04), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Daniel T. Kildee (MI-08), Lisa C. McClain (MI-09), John R. Moolenaar (MI-02), Gwen S. Moore (WI-04), Frank J. Mrvan (IN-01), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Bradley Scott Schneider (IL-10), Hillary J. Scholten (MI-03), Elissa Slotkin (MI-07), Pete Stauber (MN-08), Bryan Steil (WI-01), Haley M. Stevens (MI-11), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Tim Walberg (MI-05).