John Sarbanes: “I have been watching you during the hearing and you certainly have the bearing of a man who thinks he is untouchable.”

We would like to thank Rep. Sarbanes for introducing this important piece of bipartisan legislation

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

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.

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.