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 Clean Water Act set the objective--restore and maintain the chemical and physical and biological integrity of the Nation's waters.

I think the era of general volunteerism has to be over.

We must first recognize that the Chesapeake Bay Program has played a critical role in stemming the tide of pollution.

We need to do a better job of controlling the pollutants that enter the Bay.

This is a process in evolution. We hope that, shortly, we are going to be able to circulate a reauthorization bill for comment.

Research has shown an interesting correlation between traumatic climate events and political strife around the world.

If we do this right, it will also be good for our national security.

The consequences of failure to deal with these issues will fall squarely on the national security costs to our country.

I think the science information is clear that carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, have a significant impact on global climate change and that we have the technology to do something about that, that we can reverse that.

That is why we have made it clear that that is an unacceptable outcome, for Iran to become a nuclear weapons power.

It should not drive the Senate's decisionmaking on what is one of the most important foreign policy issues of our time.

I do believe there are some positive signs with China.