Feingold to Chair Senate Hearing on Great Lakes Compact
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by Mike Miller | Source: The Capital Times
The Great Lakes Compact, years in the making, now appears to be on the fast track for Congressional approval, at least in the Senate.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, late Wednesday announced that Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., would chair a hearing on the Senate Joint Resolution approving the compact next Wednesday in the Senate Dirksen Office Building.
The announcement came at the end of a day which saw Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin, chair of the Council of Great Lakes Governors, appear at a Washington news conference with House and Senate authors of legislation to approve the compact.
“I applaud the members of Congress for the leadership in protecting the Great Lakes,” Doyle said.
