Richard Durbin actually said...

The best permanent solution for the health of both the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes watershed is ecological separation.

We have to go at this as if we were at war. The viability of the Great Lakes is at stake.

To be done correctly, a study of this magnitude and complexity clearly requires significantly more funding.

We are pleased that such a monitoring effort is called for in the legislation recently introduced by Senators Stabenow and Durbin.