Breaking through all of the hot air coming from the swamp this week, I wanted to share a couple bits of good news on our efforts to protect our waterways:

• The House passed the Local Water Protection Act that I wrote with Congresswoman Angie Craig.  This bipartisan bill will reauthorize and strengthen an EPA grant program that provides funds for states to reduce water pollution. 

• Congressman Don Beyer and I introduced the National Ocean Coastal Security Improvements Act, which seeks to support our coastal communities’ ability to prepare and respond to a variety of threats like hurricanes. 

The Army Corps also continued their work this week to pick a new management plan for Lake Okeechobee that will determine the frequency of toxic discharges into our community for the next decade.  You can learn more and share your opinion here.

For more on the week that was in Congress, watch this week’s Week In Review video.