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February 5, 2019 Download this letter here The Honorable Paul Tonko Chair, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change U.S. House of Representatives 2123 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable John Shimkus Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change U.S. House of Representatives 2123 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Chair Tonko and Ranking Member Shimkus On behalf of Clean Water Action, our members, and supporters, I write to provide a written statement for the subcommittee’s hearing on Fenbruary 6, 2020 on H.R.. 1166, the

In 2018, Michigan voters went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly for candidates who promised to clean up our drinking water, hold corporate polluters accountable, end the ongoing threat of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, and protect our Great Lakes. So far in the 100th state legislature, positive steps in that direction have been few and far between. That is why this year our scorecard doesn’t focus on the incremental steps that were taken with nearly unanimous approval, but the more aspirational legislation that has been introduced and not acted on. If we want to protect our Great Lakes in an