Note: Nick Ciofani from Congressman Joyce's District Office spoke at our 2018 Hoilday Brunch to bring us up-to-date with projects funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Congressman Joyce joined colleagues in this recent letter to request full federal funding to beat back harmful algal blooms infesting America's waterways.
Kaptur, Joyce, Bonamici and Mast lead bipartisan letter to Trump budget office on harmful algal blooms
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) wrote a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney urging the Trump Administration to fully fund all programs related to addressing harmful algal blooms in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2020 budget.
“We write to respectfully request that you allocate robust funding in the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request for programs that address a widespread and ever-increasing problem: toxic algal blooms, also called harmful algal blooms (HABs),” the Members wrote. “Toxic algae affect marine, coastal, estuarine, and freshwater systems in all 50 states and all U.S. territories. A strong investment in programs that address toxic algae will help protect economic activity, the health of millions of Americans, and our environment.”
The letter was signed by a bipartisan group of 61 members.
“To make the necessary progress toward understanding and addressing the significant and expanding threats that toxic algae pose to human health and our national economy, we ask that you prioritize a strong and coordinated federal response in this year’s budget request by including robust funding to support multi-investigator research programs for HAB-related work,” the Members concluded.
Read the entire letter here.
Kaptur's Ninth Congressional District stretches for 141 miles along Ohio’s wondrous Lake Erie coastline. The district is an amalgam of lake-hugging communities in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Erie, Ottawa and Lucas counties, from east to west. Joyce's 14th Congressional Disctrict moves along the lake coast from Euclid to Conneaut, Ohio.