[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                             PUGET SOS ACT

  (Mr. HECK of Washington asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Speaker, to explain the significance of 
the Puget Sound in 1 minute is impossible. But I will tell you this: 
With every 60 seconds that goes by, the Puget Sound is being damaged 
more than it is being fixed. With every minute that goes by that we 
fail to collectively do something, we are all losing money.
  Puget Sound is a resource, but it is more than that. It is an 
American treasure. Puget Sound is a body of water that deserves 
national recognition.
  Congressman Kilmer and I have brought together numerous stakeholders 
that agree on very few things to agree on this: We need to do more. The 
Federal Government needs to step up to the plate to get recovery 
moving.
  The Puget SOS Act is that plan. We do it for the Great Lakes. We do 
it for the Chesapeake Bay. Now is the time to bring forth this effort 
for our Puget Sound, the largest estuary in America. Let's clean the 
Puget Sound up.
  Join us in cosponsoring this bill, along with Mr. Reichert, Mr. 
Newhouse, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Rick Larsen, Mr. Adam Smith, and Ms. 
DelBene. Clean up the Puget Sound.

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