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House Dem Debbie Dingell places Trump's Lake Ontario name change in the crosshairs

Dingell said she plans to introduce a bill to keep the name Lake Ontario and nullify Trump’s renaming order.

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Rep. Debbie Dingell said she plans to introduce legislation to block President Donald Trump’s order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. Her proposed Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act would declare the order and actions taken under it to have no force or effect.

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Representative proposing legislation to block the lake renaming

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Donald Trump
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President whose executive order renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America

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ALSO MENTIONED  Mark Carney, Canadian prime minister who defended the name Lake Ontario; Ned Mamula, U.S. Geological Survey director whose message described the agency’s implementation of the new name

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Debbie Dingell Announces Bill to Preserve Lake Ontario’s Name

The right-leaning articles report that Dingell plans to introduce legislation to block President Trump’s order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. Right-leaning outlets center on Dingell’s proposed response; one notes Canadian opposition, while the other details the bill’s proposed effect.

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