[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 121 (Thursday, July 23, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H5190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CELEBRATING OPENING OF GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, this coming Monday morning, July 27, in the 
heart of the largest freshwater endowment on Earth, the Great Lakes, 
the iconic $6 billion Gordie Howe bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and 
Detroit, Michigan, will officially open.
  This magnificent suspension bridge, built totally with Canadian 
financing, coupled with the might of American union muscle, will usher 
in a new horizon for our international and connected economies and 
freshwater kingdom. This achievement will lift up our industrial and 
agricultural nations to new possibilities.
  As with President Dwight D. Eisenhower's visionary construction of 
the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System following World War II that 
connected our distant heartland region to the Atlantic Ocean through 
Canada, this singularly masterful achievement will propel economic 
growth in long-neglected corridors as multi-transport by rail, air, 
sea, and land are reimagined and joined.
  I implore the President of our country and his coastal advisers to 
see the Great Lakes nation as a long-ignored bastion. Don't put more 
tariffs on us. Help us build our economy forward in the most 
sustainable region on planet Earth.

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