We need to think in terms of a basin approach, not simply a Bay approach.
It is a pleasure to have you before the United States Senate.
This has truly been a commitment in which the States and the District of Columbia have taken on the real responsibility and have brought in ...
I think Director Hawkins raises a very valid point about having uniform standards of expectation using best science so that deals with the n...
It is a challenge in the Chesapeake Bay how we get a handle on non-point sources.
I think, though, that we want to have the numbers make good science that is achievable.
I want to talk about one additional tool that we are looking into, and that is a nutrient trading program to provide ways in which you can r...
I have run a farm, I have owned a farm, I know about farming.
I think that point is very well made, and on enforcement we would have to include non-point sources.
I am not very big on voluntary programs in many ways.
We are set to finish approximately 90 to 95 percent of our reductions under the TMDL by 2014.
It was enforceable?
We are in danger of not getting that bill moving forward, and we could use all of your help in talking to your Senators.
I can assure you that we share your concern about preserving farmland and open space.
We will not succeed unless there is a Federal effort, which there has been, but I encourage it an even greater level, for Blue Plains.
I have to ask you to summarize so that we have time for questions.
The Chesapeake Bay is also in trouble.
I think the era of general volunteerism has to be over.
