Committee on Environment and Public Works
Great Lakes Regional Collaboration’s Strategy to Restore and Protect the Great Lakes
March 16, 2006
628 Dirksen, 10:00 AM
Opening Statements:
Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma.
Sen. George V. Voinovich , of Ohio.
Sen. John Thune, of South Dakota.
Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont.
Sen. Thomas R. Carper, of Delaware.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York.
Sen. Barack Obama, of Illinois.
Witnessess:
Mike DeWine
United States Senator
Carl Levin
United States Senator
Debbie Stabenow
United States Senator
Stephen Johnson
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Bob Taft Governor, State of Ohio
On behalf of the Council of Great Lakes Governors
Frank Ettawageshik
Tribal Chairman
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
David Ullrich
Director
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
George Kuper
President
Council of Great Lakes Industries
Andy Buchsbaum
Director, Great Lakes Natural Resource Center, National Wildlife Federation
On behalf of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition
Diane Katz
Director of Science, Environment, and Technology Policy
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Bill Howland
Basin Program Manager
Lake Champlain Basin Program
