Marcy Kaptur, OH
Linked statement
“The new Gordie Howe Bridge between Canada and Detroit will open this Monday. It was built with Canadian money and American union workers, and it will help our economy grow. I want the President to support the Great Lakes region instead of putting more tariffs on us.”
“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.”
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.