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Statement by Jeff Skelding, Campaign Director
Healing Our Waters® - <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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Coalition
Contact:
Jeff Skelding ? (410) 245-8021
Chris Grubb ? (734) 255-3382
Historic $475 Million Obama Great Lakes Budget
Will Create Jobs and Grow the Economy
â??The Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition applauds President
Obama for an unprecedented investment of $475 Million in his Fiscal Year
2010 Budget to restore the Great Lakes - an effort that is key to
creating jobs and growing our economy. Thirty-five million people rely on
the Great Lakes for their drinking water, and millions more benefit from
the commerce and business that depends on the waters of the Great
Lakes.
President Obama truly is a Great Lakes President. This investment is a
major victory for the Great Lakes, and represents the largest, most
serious commitment to Great Lakes restoration in a Presidentâ??s Budget
in history. It demonstrates the President is serious about his campaign
commitment to the Great Lakes. It is clear he understands that unless
America invests in the Great Lakes these problems will get worse and the
price we pay will be higher.
We look forward to reviewing the details of President Obamaâ??s budget,
and to working with Congress to restore this treasured
resource.â??
Visit the Healing Our Waters ? Great Lakes Coalition online at:
www.healthylakes.org
NWF's mission is to inspire Americans to protect wildlife for our
children's future.
Chris Grubb - Senior Coordinator
National Wildlife Federation
213 W. Liberty, Suite 200
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1398
p.734-887-7104 c.734-255-3382
www.nwf.org/greatlakes |
www.healthylakes.org
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