John Sarbanes: “Overwhelming support not only for cleaning up the waters of the rivers and streams of the Chesapeake Bay, but for paying…”

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.

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

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

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.