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Senators urge Vilsack to act on algae blooms

Citing the expectation of a large algae bloom in Lake Erie this summer, Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today urging him to develop a comprehensive strategy to help communities improve water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin.