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Portman Statement on the Administration Proposal to Cut
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding
U.S. Senator Rob Portman
(R-OH) released the following statement on the Trump
administration's FY 2020 budget request to cut funding for
the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) by 90 percent,
saying he would again fight to preserve the program and its
funding:
"For the past few years, no
matter whether it was a Republican or Democratic-led
administration, there have been attempts to cut or eliminate
funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. And
every year, we have successfully defeated those efforts and
ensured that this critical program receives full funding.
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has been a successful
public-private partnership that helps protect both our
environment and our economy. It has been a critical tool in
our efforts to help protect and restore Lake Erie. I have
long championed this program, and I will continue to do
everything I can to protect and preserve Lake Erie,
including preserving this critical program and its funding."
Senator Portman, who serves
as co-chairman of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, has led
efforts in the U.S. Senate to protect Lake Erie, which
provides drinking water for three million Ohioans and
supports hundreds of thousands of jobs. The Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative is currently funded at $300 million
annually. Under both the Obama and Trump administrations
there has been attempts to cut or eliminate the funding and
every time Portman, along with his bipartisan colleagues in
the Senate, has rejected those efforts and ensured the
programs received full funding.
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