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Issue record

The Great Lakes and drinking water

In short

McCann's campaign calls the Great Lakes a national treasure and cites the Benton Harbor and Flint lead crises. Huizenga's campaign says that as a task force co-chair he works for the lakes' economy and ecology. Barnett's campaign backs safeguarding the Great Lakes and local drinking water. On the record, Huizenga cosponsored and voted for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative bills that became law; the latest record found naming him co-chair is from 2017.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Sean McCann

He calls the Great Lakes a national treasure, cites the lead crises in Benton Harbor and Flint, and says no one should have to worry about their drinking water.

Bill Huizenga

He says he works to strengthen the Great Lakes' economy and ecology, and backs the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Shafina Che Barnett

She says she wants to safeguard the Great Lakes and local drinking water systems.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

    He cosponsored and voted for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative bills that became law. Rep. Marcy Kaptur's office named him a task force co-chair in 2017; no later list was found.

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    His campaign says that, as co-chair of the Great Lakes Task Force, he leads efforts to strengthen the Great Lakes' economy and ecology. He was an original cosponsor of the GLRI Act of 2019, which funds the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and voted for it on February 5, 2020 (373-45). It became Public Law 116-294 on January 5, 2021. He also cosponsored the GLRI Act of 2016, whose text became law in the WIIN Act, which he voted for (roll 622, 360-61). He was an original cosponsor of the 2024 and 2025 renewals; the 2025 bill, H.R. 284, is still in House committee, and a Senate bill to renew the program, S. 528, passed the Senate on September 29, 2026. Limit: A June 2017 statement from Rep. Marcy Kaptur's office names him a co-chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force; no later list was found. That he was a founding member of the PFAS Task Force rests on his own office's January 2019 release. David Joyce of Ohio sponsored the 2016, 2019 and 2025 House bills.

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Sources14 source records

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  1. Sean's Plan for Michiganhttps://seanmccannforcongress.com/issues/

    Sean McCann for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. His issue positions and the claims about his own legislative record that the cards test. The page carries no date.

    candidate statement

    For: Sean McCann: campaign position

  2. Meet Billhttps://huizengaformichigan.com/about/

    Huizenga for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source: biography and the claims about his record that the cards test. The page carries no date.

    candidate statement

    For: Bill Huizenga: campaign position; Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  3. Meet Bill (biography)https://huizenga.house.gov/meet-bill/

    Office of Rep. Bill Huizenga · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His official House biography: committee and caucus roles, business and education. Roles in informal caucuses are his office's account.

    official office record

    For: Bill Huizenga: campaign position

  4. Shafina Barnett for Congress 4th District, home pagehttps://www.shafinabarnettforcongress4thdistrict.com/

    Shafina Barnett for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Her campaign site, linked from the Green Party's page for her. It lists four priorities. It carries no paid-for line, its other pages are empty or hold website-template text, and it names places in Macomb County, outside the 4th District.

    candidate statement

    For: Shafina Che Barnett: campaign position

  5. H.R. 4031 (116th): GLRI Act of 2019https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4031

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: David Joyce. Huizenga an original cosponsor, July 25, 2019. Became Public Law 116-294 on January 5, 2021.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  6. House roll call 36 of 2020, H.R. 4031https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202036

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to suspend the rules and pass, February 5, 2020: 373-45. Huizenga: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  7. H.R. 223 (114th): Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2016https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/223

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: David Joyce, introduced January 8, 2015. Huizenga a cosponsor from January 21, 2015 (not original). Passed the House by voice vote April 26, 2016.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  8. Public Law 114-322, Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-114publ322/html/PLAW-114publ322.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted December 16, 2016 (S. 612). Section 5005 amends 33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(7) in the words of the House-passed H.R. 223, apart from spelling and committee names.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  9. House roll call 622 of 2016, S. 612https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2016622

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passage of the WIIN Act (the House amendment to S. 612), December 8, 2016: 360-61. Huizenga: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  10. H.R. 7257 (118th): GLRI Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7257

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Huizenga an original cosponsor, February 6, 2024. Never left committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  11. H.R. 284 (119th): GLRI Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/284

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: David Joyce. Huizenga an original cosponsor, January 9, 2025. In committee on October 1, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  12. S. 528 (119th): GLRI Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/528

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Gary Peters. Passed the Senate with an amendment by unanimous consent on September 29, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  13. House Great Lakes Task Force joint statement on Asian carp found nine miles from Lake Michiganhttps://kaptur.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/house-great-lakes-task-force-joint-statement-asian-carp-found-nine

    Office of Rep. Marcy Kaptur · Published Jun 23, 2017 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Names Kaptur, Huizenga, Sean Duffy and Louise Slaughter as the task force's co-chairs.

    official office record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  14. Huizenga Joins Bipartisan PFAS Task Force, Calls on Congress to Acthttps://huizenga.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398803

    Office of Rep. Bill Huizenga · Published Jan 23, 2019 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    His office's release saying he became a founding member of the PFAS Task Force led by Dan Kildee and Brian Fitzpatrick.

    candidate statement

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction