Chris Hollen actually said...

"I think there is--as I see it from the Federal perspective, there are two big pieces of this."

"The Federal Government has a very important role to play."

"As I read this, it would also take away the authority of a State to tie permitting for a dam project, for example, to the impact on sediment flows."

"Now we have a piece of legislation that wants to take away authority from States when it comes to making some of these decisions."