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Wayne Gilchrest: “I am not only concerned about the Chesapeake Bay; I want to get involved in doing something about the Chesapeake Bay.…”

On the recordJune 27, 2000
I am not only concerned about the Chesapeake Bay; I want to get involved in doing something about the Chesapeake Bay. Just speaking words does not have an impact on the ground. And as far as that letter was concerned, once we evaluated the process after we supported it in the beginning, we saw some oversight problems. I would rather be right than be consistent. And Abraham Lincoln said, "The foolish and the dead alone never change their mind." Now, we all have disagreements on this, and I respect those disagreements. But not only is my issue dredging, and not only is my issue where to dispose of it and the environmental vulnerability of the Chesapeake Bay and its estuaries, but I am also concerned about jobs; and I would do nothing that would eliminate jobs in the City of Baltimore.
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Wayne Gilchrest
Maryland
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Discussing concerns about the Chesapeake Bay and related environmental and job issues.

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