John Sarbanes: “Some of us have supported the committee in its effort to find more money, and you come in and you are confronted with a…”

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.

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

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.

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