Beshear Urges Passage Of River Legislation

{Frankfort, Kentucky}…Governor Steve Beshear is urging U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to sponsor and pass legislation that would force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release water from the Missouri River to raise the water level on the Mississippi where drought conditions could soon halt barge traffic. The three have warned of potentially negative economic consequences if the water level on the Mississippi River continues to fall.