I have run a farm, I have owned a farm, I know about farming.

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

We are set to finish approximately 90 to 95 percent of our reductions under the TMDL by 2014.

And we would put into this reauthorization the fairness as to how the moneys are going to be used.

That seems like a logical help because you can get savings in agriculture.

The Chesapeake Bay is also in trouble.

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

I think the way you said it, that they want sensible regulations, they want predictable regulations, achievable standards.

I do not think nutrient trading programs, like any trading program, work unless you have an effective cap.

It is a pleasure to have you before the United States Senate.

This has truly been a commitment in which the States and the District of Columbia have taken on the real responsibility and have brought in the Federal Government as a partner.

We cannot live in a complicated society, I believe, without regulations.

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

If we are going to be looking at hard standards on the Bay, then as we look at the non-point sources and are starting to have some stricter requirements on development, which I think most are understanding, you need to make a good faith…

Regulation, in my opinion, is not a four-letter word.

I was a little bit reluctant when I was told that were going to have seven people on the first panel. I was happy because it means that there are seven jurisdictions that are part of the Chesapeake Bay effort, which gives us a lot of power…

I can assure you that we share your concern about preserving farmland and open space.

It is a challenge in the Chesapeake Bay how we get a handle on non-point sources.

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.

We need to think in terms of a basin approach, not simply a Bay approach.

Yes. And we enforce it.

I have to ask you to summarize so that we have time for questions.

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

We have a direct interest in dealing with global climate change from a national security perspective.

We know that just a slight change in climate has a dramatic impact on the stability of many regions in the world.