John Sarbanes: “People are sick and tired of being sick and tired, to use Fannie Lou Hamer's words, at a system that is run by somebody…”

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

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 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.