John Sarbanes: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Dr. Woodcock. You are one of the best witnesses we get up here and I appreciate your…”

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.

Without the strong and continued investment the EPA has requested for the Chesapeake Bay Program in fiscal year 2024, the risk is we could jeopardize decades of work in collaboration towards the Bay's restoration.

This bill takes important steps to support the ongoing restoration of the Chesapeake Bay by reauthorizing NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office and authorizing the agency's long-running Bay Watershed Education and Training, or B-WET Grant program.