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Thank the first off . Thank you . I'd

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like to thank pennsylvania Department

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of Environmental Protection for hosting

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us uh this morning and um this event on

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Beautiful Lake Erie what a what a

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perfect setting this morning . And we

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are gathered here today to celebrate a

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new partnership on the Great Lakes . A

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partnership between the federal

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government and the eight Great Lakes

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States to conduct the Great Lakes

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coastal resiliency study aimed at

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protecting the immense economic ,

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environmental and social value of the

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Great Lakes coast through proactive

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planning . All right , so I want to

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acknowledge the Eight Great Lakes

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States for your support along this

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journey . The signing of this

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partnership agreement today is indeed a

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momentous event for today . Officially

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kicks off our Great Lakes coastal

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resiliency study together . The studies

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aimed to maintain strong coastal

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communities , protect and restore

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coastal ecosystems and develop more

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sustainable resilient coastal

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communities prepared to adapt to future

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climate change and the challenging

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environmental conditions . The U . S .

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Army Corps of Engineers . We are proud

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and honored to lead this effort . We

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are grateful to Congress for the trust

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confidence and the opportunity . So

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it's an honor to be here with all of

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you who have been for many , many years

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now committed to restoring uh and

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protecting the Great Lakes environment .

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I very much appreciate now what I see

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as the next step um as best as I

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understand it is to now integrate that

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climate science , those projections of

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different warming patterns , what they

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may be , how it may affect those

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factors and how those factors create

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risk and vulnerability which you are

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now charged with assessing uh

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developing strategies to address uh and

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then ultimately improving the

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resiliency to both the built and the

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natural environment , uh continuation

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and extension of the work that you've

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been doing for well over a decade ,

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proud to be part of it . Um Thank you

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for having me here , letting me to say

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a few words . Thank you very much .