Moolenaar Welcomes Bipartisan Support for GLRI Funding

Today, more than 60 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives wrote to the House Appropriations Committee urging the committee to support the Great lakes Restoration Initiative. The letter calls for the Appropriations Committee to pass legislation funding the GLRI at $300 million dollars in the fiscal year 2019 budget that begins on October 1, 2018 and runs through September 30, 2019. The requested amount is the same level of funding that has been approved by Congress in previous years. You can read the members' letter here.

Congressman John Moolenaar is a member of the Appropriations Committee and he welcomed his colleagues' support for the GLRI as he works on the committee to fund it. He made the following statement on today's letter:

"Funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative supports vital work to protect the Great Lakes and the rivers, lakes and wetlands that flow into them. I welcome the bipartisan support of my colleagues for this critical funding and I will be working to fund this Michigan priority in the 2019 budget."