John Sarbanes: “Allowing the Government to negotiate, just as many other countries do, would allow us to lower the prices of some of…”

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

It's a national environmental treasure. It's a regional economic engine. It's been one of my top priorities since I've come to 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.

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