John Sarbanes: “Why...we wouldn't view that as going back to the bad old days...I can't understand for a moment why anyone would support…”

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.

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.

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.

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.