WASHINGTON, D.C. - Less than a month after proposing a federal budget that would have cut Great Lakes cleanup money from $300 million to $30 million, President Donald Trump pledged to provide the full $300 million during a campaign rally in Michigan.

During the rally in Grand Rapids, Trump told the audience “We have some breaking news!”

“You ready? Can you handle it?” he asked. “I don’t think you can handle it. I support the Great Lakes. Always have. They are beautiful. They are big, very deep, record deepness, right? And I am going to get, in honor of my friends, full funding of $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which you have been trying to get for over 30 years. So, we will get it done.”

Since entering the White House, all the yearly budgets that Trump has presented to Congress suggested cuts to the program, but Congress has overruled Trump by giving the program $300 million each year. Over the past two years, Trump proposed a 90 percent cut to the program. During his first year in office, Trump called for eliminating the program.

Ohio members of Congress who secured money for the program in past years after Trump recommended cuts said they were pleased with the reversal.

“As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, which approves funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, I would have never allowed Trump’s gutting of GLRI make it through Congress without a fight," said a statement from Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. "The GLRI is critical for containing invasive species such as Asian Carp, and for restoring the Great Lakes economic and ecological vitality. The program has enjoyed broad bipartisan support, which put his proposal even more out of touch with the mainstream. It’s an insult to the 30 million people who rely on the Great Lakes that he would even put such a disastrous proposal on the table.”

Bainbridge Township Republican Rep. Dave Joyce took to Twitter to say he was “glad to hear” Trump’s remarks.

“I look forward to working with you to ensure the # GLRI receives full funding so we can continue to protect the # GreatLakes, " Joyce said.