John Sarbanes: “The budget is obviously reflecting something.”

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.

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.

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