Hearing addresses future of the Great Lakes [Green Bay Press-Gazette]
Kagen: Next step is approval of compact
By Tony Walter
Congressional leaders heard enough testimony Friday to reinforce the obvious: Major problems facing the Great Lakes require urgent action at the highest governmental levels.
“This hearing will have a dramatic impact on the legislation we’re going to write,” said U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, at the conclusion of the two-hour hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
The hearing, which drew about 300 people to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, brought together governmental, business and environmental leaders in an effort to accelerate the search for solutions to the declining water levels and increasing invasive species in the Great Lakes.
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