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Toledo, OH – On Friday, July 31st, the bipartisan Co-Chairs of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), and Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) sent a letter urging the Trump Administration to lift a stop-work order and end the Administrative review on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam complex. The critical project is designed to prevent invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes and devastating the region’s $11 Billion fishing and recreation industry.
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force, released the following statement about the US Army Corps of Engineers stopping work on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam complex, a project in Joliet, Illinois intended to stop invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes.
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development issued the following statement in response to a
Toledo, OH — Earlier this month, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) of Northwest Ohio joined Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17), the Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, in sending a
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