WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing (https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2026/4/hearing-examining-restoration-efforts-in-the-great-lakes-region) to examine restoration efforts in the Great Lakes region.
During the hearing, Chairman Capito asked Mary Mertz, Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, about the collaboration between state and federal government agencies in Great Lakes restoration efforts, as well as the partnerships between individual states doing this work. She also asked Dr. Christopher Winslow, Director at the Ohio Sea Gr...