John Sarbanes: “Last Congress, I was very proud to be a cosponsor of the LIFT America Act, and I am certainly pleased again to do it in…”

This bill takes important steps to support the ongoing restoration of the Chesapeake Bay by reauthorizing NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office and authorizing the agency's long-running Bay Watershed Education and Training, or B-WET Grant program.

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.

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.