Environmental Senators Kirk, Levin Commend Great Lakes Week Participants by Gary Kopycinski on September 9, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Environmental: People Outside Will Be Injured: Severe Thunderstorms Strike Park Forest March 31, 2026 Park Forest Officials Urge Residents to Protect Pipes as Coldest Air of the Season Continues December 14, 2025 Park Forest Workshops Join Global Effort to Prevent Bird Collisions August 21, 2025 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.), co-chairs of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, today commended the nearly 700 people who have gathered in Milwaukee, Wis., for Great Lakes Week.