John Sarbanes: “It is clear that, at a minimum, taxpayer subsidies to that industry don't make any sense given the profits they are…”

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.

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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.

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