John Sarbanes: “Congress finds that the District of Columbia residents deserve full congressional voting rights and self-government…”

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.

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.