"prevention, as Senator Cardin had said earlier, is the best and most cost-effective control measure."
"That has me greatly concerned."
"We already have a problem with the survival of juvenile crabs, the blue crabs."
"The protective grasses are being affected by pollution and global climate change."
"If the Chinese mitten crab is going to be competing with that, it could complicate the survival of the blue crab in Maryland."
"the related issue is that there is an intentional introduction of an invasive species, the Asian oyster"
"Well, what worries me is that, if you are correct, that this all of a sudden you see a huge increase"
"I think about our efforts on the Chesapeake Bay, which has been regional."
"We need to do more to empower regional approaches to dealing with these issues."
"We, in this region, look at the Chesapeake Bay partnership with the Federal Government as an area of major national priority, but also a model that could be used in other parts of the country where yo..."
"I know that Senator Levin is working on a reauthorization under the Clean Water Act of the Great Lakes."
"We are working on the Chesapeake Bay reauthorization, looking for more effective ways to enforce the goals that are established by the local governments."