John Sarbanes: “The Voting Rights Act has transformed the political landscape of the South and it is a good piece of legislation.”

They want to be on the field of their democracy. They want to feel like they have some power within their own democracy.

It is important to be clear that EPA's proposed standards are reasonable, performance-based emissions standards and constitute neither a national electric vehicle mandate nor an internal combustion ban.

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

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.