John Sarbanes: “I think the American public would find that unacceptable.”

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

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.

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 goal was not to federalize elections across the country; the goal was to set some uniform standards.