Newly-elected U.S. Sen. JD Vance will co-chair the U.S. Senate’s Great Lakes Task Force, replacing his predecessor Rob Portman at the helm of a group that pushes to protect the world’s largest freshwater lake system.
“As a guy who cares a lot about manufacturing, it would be a very catastrophic thing for those of us in Ohio if we didn’t have the Great Lakes as a source of transport,” said Vance, who also cares about fishing in Lake Erie. He said he once caught an 8 lb. walleye near Vermillion while visiting a childhood friend.
“These lakes support thousands of jobs, billions of dollars of economic activity, and provide a reliable source of drinking water for millions of families,” said Vance. “The people of Ohio deserve a bipartisan, whole-of-government approach to the problems affecting our abundant natural resources. That’s exactly what this task force aims to provide and I’ll do all that I can to ensure the Great Lakes are protected not just today, but for generations to come.
“I’m having a lot of fun,” Vance said of his new job. “A lot of it is independent of who controls the Senate and who controls the presidency.”environmental effects of chemicals“I’ve seen some signs that things can get done, but obviously we’re gonna fight about the big issues and argue about those,” he said. “And that’s exactly I think, as it should be.”over South Carolina indicated it provided China with “some useful intelligence that we would not want them to have.
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