John Sarbanes: “Do you think he would have bothered to know more if he had been required to personally certify the safety and adequacy…”

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

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

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.

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.