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    Ohio's 13th Congressional District truly is a great place to live, raise a family and do business. Congresswoman Sutton has lived most of her life in and around the communities that make up much of the district, and she is proud to represent the people and places she knows and loves so much.

    Originally nicknamed the “Turnpike District”, the 13th Congressional District’s unique shape traces across the shoreline of Lake Erie in Lorain County, captures the “Emerald Necklace” of the Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and extends south to include the Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County. The 13th Congressional District is also home to institutions of higher learning such as Lorain County Community College and The University of Akron.

    The 13th Congressional District stretches across four of Northeast Ohio’s most populous counties, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit, and it includes all or some of over thirty communities.


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Congresswoman Sutton statement on H.R. 1262 the Water Quality Investment Act of 2009.

Mar 12, 2009

Congresswoman Sutton released the following statement on H.R. 1262, the Water Quality Investment Act of 2009:

"This bill provides a total investment of $18.7 billion over five years for much needed water and environmental infrastructure. Not only will this bill help provide communities with improved water quality, but it must be remembered that it will create over 480 thousand jobs.

 

H.R. 1262 provides $13.8 billion in federal grants to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund over the next five years. This fund provides low-interest loans to our communities, so they can repair wastewater infrastructure. And that is desperately needed.

 

Like much of the nation's infrastructure, wastewater systems are aging, and in dire need of repair or in some cases replacement. And I am also pleased that this legislation includes a "Buy American" provision. This provision will require that steel, iron and other manufactured goods used for the construction of these water projects are produced here in the United States.

 

The economic downturn has taken a toll on U.S. manufacturing -- including the steel plants in my district in Ohio -- and we need to put Americans back to work doing work that America needs to have done.

 

This bill also contains Davis-Bacon protections requiring that the workers who do this work will be paid the local prevailing wage -- a wage that will ensure workers are able to provide for their families. Which is all they are looking to do.

 

Last year, Congress passed The Great Lakes Legacy Act to clean up contaminated, toxic sediments that are endangering families and communities throughout the Great Lakes Basin, which is an area home to approximately 40 million people in 8 states including Ohio. As you recall, the House-passed version of the bill provided $150 million each year through fiscal year 2013 for cleaning up the Great Lakes. However, our colleagues on the other side of the Capitol operate under different floor rules. And, one Senator was able to block action on the bill until funding levels for this program were cut by two-thirds.

 

This bill also restores the funding level for Great Lakes Legacy Act projects to the level initially - and overwhelmingly - passed by the House last September. The residents of the Great Lakes Basin have been waiting far too long for these toxic sites to be cleaned up. The funding in this bill will allow for the cleanup of all contaminated sediment in the Great Lakes region by 2020."