Ben Cardin actually said...

"As President Obama joined a list of Presidents who have declared the Chesapeake Bay a national treasure, this is of importance to our entire country."

"Our farmers have done a really first-rate job in trying--they want clean water, they want the Chesapeake Bay."

"There's a lot of local governments, and they don't have the same degree of flexibility that a State may have."

"I think it is absolutely wrong that there is no waters on the East Coast, other than the Everglades, that have been designated under that program."