Rep. Halvorson Op-Ed: The Worry About Asian Carp

Joliet, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2010.

Ask anyone who follows the news whether they worry about Asian carp finding their way into our Great Lakes, and more often than not they’ll say yes.

But ask them whether, in an unproven strategy to block the carp, we should destroy businesses and jobs by closing two major Illinois locks that connect the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes, and they might very well answer differently.

Solving the problem of…