My hope, as I yield back my time, is that we can strike the right balance so that it is cost effective to pursue a number of these different opportunities and that we can safeguard, as I said, public health and other concerns that we have.
Sarbanes emphasizes the need for balance between energy opportunities and public health.
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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.
They want to be on the field of their democracy. They want to feel like they have some power within their own democracy.
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.
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