WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today spoke on the Senate floor about the Brandon Road Interbasin Project (BRIP) after President Trump posted (https://x.com/SenatorDurbin/status/2031485732489970101?s=20) via social media that he will work together with government officials from the Midwest to prevent invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes. In his remarks, Durbin spoke about the necessity of moving the project forward after the Trump Administration halted progress on BRIP to conduct an "administrative review," despite the project having been previously reviewed, authorized, and appropriated by Congress.
Durbin began by explaining the threat tha...