Political Quotes

“This is a very important question. The Great Lakes are 20 percent of the world's freshwater supply. It is endangered, and the fish and the wildlife and the whole ecosystem are endangered by the constant entry of imported species that come in in the ballast water of ships entering the Great Lakes. What we're talking about here is protecting something of enormous value that has been here since geological times and which has provided enormous opportunity for our people--food and all manner of things, including recreation, transportation, fish and wildlife. This process of trying to give a few bones to a bunch of importers who are bringing these things in from the Black Sea and other places in Europe is a shameful thing if permitted. The United States and the Congress have not done the job that we should have done to protect our Great Lakes. And already we have a large number of things, including some nasty diseases such as viral hemorrhagic septicemia, sort of the Ebola virus of fish. This is something we have to protect our Great Lakes against, and other waters of the United States.…”