I think one of our other witnesses in the second panel talked about the lack of training.

Thank you for saying that. I welcome that comment.

I have also heard over time that a fourth criteria would be to have folks at the agency who are capable of effectively monitoring the work of contractors and evaluating that work.

I think we do need to be careful that we are not creating more work on already a stressed workforce.

No kidding. Your daughter?

I believe there will soon be a time when tackling water quality issues and implementing the solutions seem perfunctory.

I am confident that if we use market-based mechanisms, rather than traditional command and control approaches, we can incent the environmental outcomes that we need while keep our industries strong.

I say thank you as a recovering Governor.

Delaware adopted a nutrient management law. This unique law requires nutrient management plans for the vast majority of farms in Delaware.

As a peninsular State almost entirely surrounded by tidal waters and with the lowest mean elevation of any State, Delaware will likely be more affected by sea level rise than any State in the Nation.

We must hold ourselves accountable, measure progress and verify the environmental benefits to regain the trust of taxpayers.

We are trying to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by at least 70 percent between now and 2015.

We talk a lot about carbon dioxide emissions and the need to rein in carbon dioxide emissions, and I fully agree with that.

We created a Nutrient Management Commission that required all of the farms that spread nutrients to have a Nutrient Management Plan.

I appreciate the leadership of Senator Cardin on this issue and a whole host of others.

We have been struggling a little bit trying to have our 126 Petition take into account the emissions that are coming from outside of our immediate corridor.

As your neighbor to the east, we want to be your partner in getting us to a cleaner, healthier Chesapeake Bay.

We would reduce the sulfur dioxide emissions by some 80 percent by 2015 and mercury emissions by some 90 percent by 2015.