John Sarbanes: “You are buying the healthcare equivalent of a pig in a poke when you are buying these short-term limited duration plans.”

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

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

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.

But these are dramatic changes that can bring us to a new place and, I think, have given many people a sense of hope instead of despair in the face of what we are seeing with a warming planet.