[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7895-7896]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  KERRY COMMENTS ON GREAT LAKES BASIN

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, on issues important to our 
States it is reasonable to have an expectation that a leader will speak 
on the issues with clarity, so that people will know where that leader 
actually stands. On an issue which is vitally important to my home 
State of Michigan as well as every State in the Great Lakes Basin, 
Senator John Kerry has been less than clear. The issue is the potential 
for diversion of the Great Lakes.
  Recently the Democratic presidential nominee was asked by the Detroit 
Free Press where he stood on this issue and he responded: ``It is a 
delicate balancing act that needs to focus on national priorities.'' 
What does that mean? The next day his supporters said

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he really did not mean what he said. For the State of Michigan, the 
Great Lakes State, as well as States like New York and Pennsylvania, 
Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, those of us who 
recognize what a magnificent natural resource the Great Lakes are and 
what they mean to us, we need to look very closely at what Senator 
Kerry has in mind for us, even if this is another issue that he wants 
to flip-flop on. We cannot take the risk.

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