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Vernon Ehlers: “Today is a great day for the Great Lakes and the coastal areas. Today is a terrible day for the zebra mussels. And I…”

On the recordApril 24, 2008
Today is a great day for the Great Lakes and the coastal areas. Today is a terrible day for the zebra mussels. And I want to thank Chairman Oberstar and Ranking Member LaTourette for their good work on this bill, because it contains measures to inspect and treat and exchange ballast water to prevent any more of those nasty invasive alien species from getting into this country, and into its waters. It now costs us about $13 billion every year for the damage caused by invasive species. This bill will help stop any future species from coming in, and I hope we will be able to develop methods of treating these critters so that we can get rid of them and once again enjoy the pure waters of this country the way we should. So thanks again to both of you for doing this, and let's get out there and fight those nasty zebra mussels!
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Vernon Ehlers
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing a bill aimed at preventing invasive species in the Great Lakes.

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