John Sarbanes: “I want to commend you for your efforts to keep this reorganization moving in a timely way.”

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

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

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.

The goal was not to federalize elections across the country; the goal was to set some uniform standards.