Debbie Stabenow: “I very much appreciate both Senator Reid and Senator Domenici working with us to fashion a 2-year ban on any drilling of…”

“I very much appreciate both Senator Reid and Senator Domenici working with us to fashion a 2-year ban on any drilling of oil and gas in the Great Lakes, coupled with a study that would be commenced by the Army Corps of Engineers as to the environmental impacts of any future drilling. I am very appreciative of the leadership on both sides of the aisle from our colleagues and their willingness to work with me to make sure the Senate language is adopted by the Congress in the conference committee. I also thank staff who have worked very hard on this amendment-- Sander Lurie, Noushin Jahanian, and my chief of staff, Jean Marie Neal--for all their hard work.”