[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H4448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 JUNE IS NATIONAL GREAT OUTDOORS MONTH

  (Mr. DOLD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize June as National 
Great Outdoors Month. As an Eagle Scout and a scoutmaster, I know 
firsthand why we must all work to strengthen conservation programs and 
other policies to protect our environment.
  As a scoutmaster, I teach Boy Scouts the principle of leaving areas 
better than when we found them. That is why this week I will be 
introducing the Great Lakes Water Protection Act to ban sewage dumping 
in the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Water Protection Act is a 
commonsense, bipartisan solution to fulfill this pledge with one of our 
country's greatest natural resources. This resource holds 95 percent of 
the country's fresh surface water and provides drinking water to over 
30 million people.
  Mr. Speaker, I care deeply about protecting our environment and 
ensuring the well-being of our Great Lakes and its ecosystem. 
Preserving our environment should not be a partisan issue. In fact, it 
is not a partisan issue.
  I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in this 
important initiative that is already endorsed by the Sierra Club, the 
National Wildlife Federation, and more, so that we can preserve our 
outdoors for generations to come.

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