Chris Van Hollen actually said...

I wholeheartedly support and have cosponsored your bill to replace the sequester with smart, targeted cuts to the oil and gas industry.

The cost of monitoring by NOAA should not have to fall on the backs of our fishermen.

I am concerned that unexempted programs under sequestration... will suffer.

We can create more opportunities by harnessing our Nation's rich coastal and marine resources.