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On the recordSeptember 2, 2013
overwhelming support not only for cleaning up the waters of the rivers and streams of the Chesapeake Bay, but for paying for it.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Sarbanes highlights public backing for both environmental cleanup and funding.

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