This is perhaps--I mean, this is a tremendous deficit for one of the most significant regions in the country.

I have been really concerned that at a time when we need to step up and think about our regional medical emergency services and how we would handle a disaster...

this Member remains really concerned about that outstanding litigation, precisely because so many of those officers do live in the Fourth Congressional District.

I'm saddened, though not surprised, by the latest job loss numbers.

Climate change is affecting Maryland today.

We need rules and regulations that are based on good science and the rule of law . . . rules and regulations that don't get over-turned by the courts.

Smog is more than a nuisance--it is a real and persistent health threat.

Controlling air pollution is a critical element in restoring the health of the Chesapeake.

I want to thank you, in particular, for this proposal because reinvigorating any program that is getting our young people out into nature is one I am a thousand percent behind.

I hope that you will look at this position as being an advocate and providing independent information.

I have had recent town hall meetings and meetings with small business owners in Maryland, and they are very well attended.

I would suggest that part of this is making a commitment to get the science answers to these questions.

We could do a lot better. We made some progress, by the way, in the last Congress, and I want to see us continue to make progress to help vulnerable small businesses.

I am a believer that government contracting and government contracting for small business, and as I said, I think it is win-win.

I think we really have to give you many thanks for what you did on surety bonds in the Recovery Act.

Let me make it clear, we need an energy policy in this Country that will provide for energy security and deal with the greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change.

There should be a Federal agency that is charged with saying, did small business get its fair share of this economic opportunity?

I am a strong advocate of it.