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Protecting and Preserving Long Island Sound

Floor Speech

Date: July 21, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, this week the House will vote on a bill to reduce clean water standards, setting our country back in our fight for clean water. I worked for three decades to improve the water quality in the Long Island Sound. Having seen the progress we have made, I know that we cannot stop our commitment now.

Just last week, I attended a roundtable with Long Island Sound Citizens Advisory Committee to discuss how we in Congress can work with them to preserve Long Island Sound. This roundtable built on an event in Rye in June where a new 10-year conservation and management plan was signed.

I have signed onto two bills. The first is the ESTUARIES Act that will preserve Long Island Sound and 27 other estuaries of national significance. The second is the Long Island Restoration and Stewardship Act that reauthorizes grants made possible by the Clean Water Act through fiscal year 2029.

We must keep clean water standards high in order to protect and preserve our bodies of water. We may not get another chance.

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