I will support legislation to prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes.

Hillary J. Scholten · Michigan · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Support legislation to prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes.. Promised outcome: The Great Lakes would not be renamed.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. 119th Congress, 2nd Session; H.R. 10186, Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act, introduced in the House on August 31, 2026, with Scholten listed as a cosponsor.

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Action Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Grijalva, Ms. Titus, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Brown, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Foster, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. McCollum, and Mr. García of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources Bill Number H.R. 10186 Bill Version Introduced in House (IH) Short Title Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act Full Title To prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes and for other purposes.

Scholten was listed among members for whom the Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act was introduced, a bill to prohibit renaming the Great Lakes.

H.R. 10186 (IH) - Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act - BILLS-119hr10186ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Hillary J. Scholten (MI)

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo's official record for H.R. 10186 lists Scholten among the cosponsors of the Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act, whose full title is legislation to prohibit renaming the Great Lakes.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 10186 (IH) - Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act - BILLS-119hr10186ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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may not alter, change, redesignating, or otherwise rename the official geographic name

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced text of H.R. 10186 contains an operative prohibition on federal executive renaming of the official geographic names of the Great Lakes.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 10186 Introduced in House - Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act
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H.R. 10186. A bill to prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The Congressional Record documents H.R. 10186's introduction and referral to the House Committee on Natural Resources, with Scholten named in the sponsor group for the bill.

delivered same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-08-31-pt1-PgH5361-2.pdf
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Assessments

Public state: delivered As of 2026-09-25 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The specific promise was to support legislation prohibiting the renaming of the Great Lakes. Verified evidence shows Scholten listed on H.R. 10186, and the verified bill/record text identifies it as legislation to prohibit renaming the Great Lakes. Supporting/cosponsoring that bill fulfills the promised action, distinct from any separate promise to secure enactment.

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