HOUSE PASSES WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT, INCLUDES LANGUAGE FROM REP. OMAR TO PROTECT THE STABILITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN MINNEAPOLIS

Washington, Sept. 16 -- Representative Ilhan Omar issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed language from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to protect the future of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). This legislation provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to carry out water resources development projects and conduct studies to provide improvements to the nation's ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and other water resources infrastructure. The language resolves a decades-long concern for local and state governments regarding a vital piece of abandoned infrastructure underneath the Miss...