CELEBRATING OPENING OF GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE

On 2026-07-23, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) delivered a floor speech titled "CELEBRATING OPENING OF GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE" in the House.

CELEBRATING OPENING OF GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 121 (Thursday, July 23, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 121 (Thursday, July 23, 2026)] [House] [Page H5190] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] CELEBRATING OPENING OF GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, this coming Monday morning, July 27, in the heart of the largest freshwater endowment on Earth, the Great Lakes, the iconic $6 billion Gordie Howe bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, will officially open. This magnificent suspension bridge, built totally with Canadian financing, coupled with the might of American union muscle, will usher in a new horizon for our international and connected economies and freshwater kingdom. This achievement will lift up our industrial and agricultural nations to new possibilities. As with President Dwight D. Eisenhower's visionary construction of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System following World War II that connected our distant heartland region to the Atlantic Ocean through Canada, this singularly masterful achievement will propel economic growth in long-neglected corridors as multi-transport by rail, air, sea, and land are reimagined and joined. I implore the President of our country and his coastal advisers to see the Great Lakes nation as a long-ignored bastion. Don't put more tariffs on us. Help us build our economy forward in the most sustainable region on planet Earth. ____________________