John Sarbanes: “I think what you are doing is suggesting a reasonable set of regulatory oversight which in many ways will substitute for…”

We would like to thank Rep. Sarbanes for introducing this important piece of bipartisan legislation

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.

Congress gave EPA this role more than 50 years ago under the Clean Air Act and reaffirmed that responsibility in 2005 under the Energy Policy Act.

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.