John Sarbanes: “The CLEAN Future Act also incorporates the Energy Resilient Communities Act.”

The health of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed can only continue to improve through robust Federal, state, and local partnerships.

I hope that today's hearing is the first step in continuing that legacy of strong bipartisan support for the Chesapeake Bay in this Congress.

But these are dramatic changes that can bring us to a new place and, I think, have given many people a sense of hope instead of despair in the face of what we are seeing with a warming planet.

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