John Sarbanes: “Many of us are excited because we feel like there is a new level of commitment to cleaning up the Bay”

The goal was not to federalize elections across the country; the goal was to set some uniform standards.

We would like to thank Rep. Sarbanes for introducing this important piece of bipartisan legislation

It's a national environmental treasure. It's a regional economic engine. It's been one of my top priorities since I've come to Congress.

It is important to be clear that EPA's proposed standards are reasonable, performance-based emissions standards and constitute neither a national electric vehicle mandate nor an internal combustion ban.