Gretchen Whitmer: “The fact that the U.S. Senate is blocking this additional aid for people is horrifying.”

We need to ensure that the pipeline is safe and that we are protecting our Great Lakes.

The fund is too little, too late, and too difficult to access – leaving the Fund unable to prevent near-term safety failures or reliably cover the dams’ enormous long-term costs.

I am calling on Enbridge to pursue an alternative to both the existing dual pipelines and the tunnel, and to begin that work now.

Its residents are our friends and our neighbors.