The Energy 202: Trump wants to Make the Great Lakes great again
President Trump speaks to reporters next to Sen. Marco Rubio as he visits Lake Okeechobee in Florida.
For the environment in general, she added: “It just an issue that has continued to elevate in importance.” The Trump campaign, for its part, is already incorporating the funding commitments into its messaging. The change of heart came after a sustained lobbying effort from Midwestern and Florida members of Congress to restore waterway-related money flowing into their districts.
A day later, while touring Florida’s Lake Okeechobee, which flows into the Everglades, members of the state’s congressional delegation, including Republicans Rep. Francis Rooney and GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, pressed Trump to keep funding high for water infrastructure at and around the lake.
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