It is a great missed opportunity because the way things work, frankly, in the public and around here is that you get people's attention for a certain period of time, and if you don't seize the moment, then you can lose it forever.
Sarbanes emphasizes the importance of acting quickly on opportunities in politics.
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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.
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.
The health of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed can only continue to improve through robust Federal, state, and local partnerships.
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