"Chesapeake Bay is an economic engine for my home State of Maryland and, frankly, for the whole region."
"I am very pleased to see the Biden administration's emphasis on restoration and protection."
"Can you provide some perspective on other plans to work with State, local, and Federal partners to meet the goals of the Chesapeake Bay agreement?"
"As you probably know, 80 percent of the remaining pollutant load reductions that we need to achieve in order to meet these goals come from agriculture."
"I feel a great deal of sympathy for people who have suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome over many years..."
"I would be curious to hear from you about the implications of long COVID when it comes to the workload of healthcare providers..."
"I certainly appreciate the work this committee has been doing to bring environmental justice to the forefront of the conversation. It is really, really critical."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. That was a very powerful statement of why we need the legislation as part of the bills we are looking at today, and I yield back."
"In Maryland, since 2017 we have seen over 2,000 opioid-related deaths each year, and the numbers have gotten worse."
"Well, like all the provisions in H.R.1 and now it’s S-1 on the Senate side as you know, these are measures that actually the American people came to us and said we want to see these kinds of reforms."
"Because I think the Senate Republicans, unfortunately, the elected officials in their party have gotten captured or taken hostage, let’s say, by the big money crowd inside Washington, which we know ev..."
"This critical investment should help us avoid grid failures like we saw in Texas."