I think there is a role for the Federal Government to play here.
The Obama administration in 2009, by Executive order, really elevated the Federal Government's commitment and partnershi...
If we are all going to work together, then we have to have an aggressive policy to deal with the realities of constructi...
Of course, it cuts both ways. It can be used to strengthen, but it also can be used to give more leeway and perhaps weak...
There is no question that there is a commitment in this country to clean water.
But looking at the 2011-2012 Bay barometer, which noticed improvement on the oxygen levels and the reduction of dead zon...
This has got to be done in a way the public will accept. Otherwise, we cannot sustain this.
We have enjoyed support not just from Virginia and Maryland and Delaware and the Nation's capital but also from the peop...
We need to look at trends over a longer period of time, and that is why I think the Hopkins and the University of Maryla...
It was the Congress, not the Environmental Protection Agency, that passed the Clean Water Act.
I do object to using the Chesapeake Bay and its clean up as a way to tell people that what is being asked is impractical...
If you are talking to the farmers, they think the farmers are the ones who are being picked on the most as far as dealin...
The Federal Government should take a lead in the overall clean up.
It is not up to the farmers, it is not up to developers, it is not up to local government.
Well, let me thank all three of our witnesses. I think this has been extremely helpful.
overwhelming support not only for cleaning up the waters of the rivers and streams of the Chesapeake Bay, but for paying...
You need that national perspective because there are things that nature crosses State lines.
The Bay does need to be cleaned up. It needs to be addressed nationally.
