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Puget SOS act

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 28, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Environment

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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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