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Tag Archives: Rep. Nydia Velazquez
March 30th 2017
U.S. House Pushes Back to Restore Great Lakes Funding, In Wake of Proposed Trump Administration Cuts
Ann Arbor, Mich. (March 30, 2017) – In the wake of President Trump’s budget outline released earlier this month that would eliminate Great Lakes restoration programs, 63 Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter … Continue reading
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March 23rd 2017
Action Alert: Sign On to Urge Appropriators to Fully Fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
In the wake of President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018, which zeroed out the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative among other critical programs, members of the U.S. House of Representatives are circulating a letter urging House Appropriators to restore funding … Continue reading
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March 2nd 2017
Great Lakes Update: Specter of Drastic Budget Cuts Looms
We’re hearing that the Trump Administration’s proposed budget drastically slashes EPA funding—including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative from $300 million to $10 million. See this twitter post from Rob Davis, an Oregon reporter. The leaked budget numbers likely come from the administration’s … Continue reading
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February 7th 2017
Updated Action Alert: Extended Deadline to Urge Representatives to Support GLRI Funding
Read the final letter here. A letter in support of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative fiscal year 2018 funding is circulating in the House of Representatives and the deadline has been extended. We’re asking Representatives in the Great Lakes region to sign … Continue reading
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