John Sarbanes: “The attack that is coming with the Supreme Court case in November... is just the latest play out of that playbook.”

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.

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

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

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.