John Sarbanes: “Let me also point out to the majority leader that the effort to try to develop accommodations has to be a broad-based…”

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.

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.

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.

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