John Sarbanes: “Thank you all. We appreciate your efforts to manage these lands in a sensible way and the President's efforts in his…”

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

Each of which--each of which--would hamper EPA's ability to regulate air pollution and, unfortunately, continues this Republican agenda of putting Big Oil interests over the interests of the public.

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