John Sarbanes: “There's a lot of questions here that I want us to get to the bottom of today, and I thank you for calling this hearing.”

They want to be on the field of their democracy. They want to feel like they have some power within their own democracy.

Each of which--each of which--would hamper EPA's ability to regulate air pollution and, unfortunately, continues this Republican agenda of putting Big Oil interests over the interests of the public.

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

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