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Statement – June 9, 2016
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jesse Chadderdon (302) 744-4282 or (302) 743-0945;
Mat Marshall (302) 744-4180 or (302) 577-8897

Statement from Sen. Bryan Townsend on Senate GOP’s
funding ‘alternative’ for clean water and flood abatement

Sen. Bryan Townsend, D-Newark, chair of the Senate Clean Water & Flood Abatement Task Force, issued the following statement in response to a Senate Republican proposal to fund the Task Force recommendations by stripping funding from the state’s Sustainable Energy Utility and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative:
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“Delawareans should not have to choose between clean energy and clean water. They deserve both, and they should not have to wait any longer.  This last-minute proposal fails to account for how greenhouse gas emissions ultimately affect water quality and flooding in Delaware's marshes and along our coastline.  A bipartisan task force has met for nearly 12 months and is prepared to recommend a balanced solution. I invite my Republican and Democratic colleagues to join citizen-activists up and down our state on moving forward with a focused, sustainable funding mechanism for clean water in Delaware.”

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Press Contacts​​
Scott Goss
Communications Director

(302) 744-4180
scott.goss@delaware.gov
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Dylan McDowell
Communications Assistant
(302) 744-4282
dylan.mcdowell@delaware.gov
 Delaware State Senate Democratic Caucus, 2020.
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