John Sarbanes: “Policymakers should strive considerably less to create a single, specific, concrete industrial policy for the future of…”

Each of which--each of which--would hamper EPA's ability to regulate air pollution and, unfortunately, continues this Republican agenda of putting Big Oil interests over the interests of the public.

Congress gave EPA this role more than 50 years ago under the Clean Air Act and reaffirmed that responsibility in 2005 under the Energy Policy Act.

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

I hope that today's hearing is the first step in continuing that legacy of strong bipartisan support for the Chesapeake Bay in this Congress.