Washington, July 30 -- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur issued the following press release:
Toledo, OH - Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force, released the following statement about the US Army Corps of Engineers stopping work on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam complex, a project in Joliet, Illinois intended to stop invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes.
"The Army Corps of Engineers has stopped work at the Brandon Road Interbasin Project. That is terrible news for our Great Lakes. Invasive carp do not belong here. If they reach the Great Lakes, they will destroy our native ecosystem. Lake Erie holds mo...