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On the recordJune 6, 2017
This budget cuts that in half. And my question is how do you expect your scientists, and you have a really good team there, to do their job and help protect the Bay with half the money?
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Questioning budget cuts impacting Chesapeake Bay scientific monitoring.

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