John Sarbanes: “I would be delighted if this Committee moved forward with either my bill, or Mr. Kildee's legislation, H.R. 3742.”

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.

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

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.

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.