James Inhofe actually said...

"A top-down, heavy handed Federal approach will not lead to the kind of real world changes that are necessary to ensure the health of the Bay."

"Allowing the EPA to approve decisions about taxes, jobs, and local land use is simply unacceptable."

"Taking care of a resource like the Chesapeake Bay requires the buy-in of all interested stakeholders, from businesses, to fishermen, to land users and developers upstream, be actively involved and eng..."

"And I think that is very significant to bring out because there is somehow, and we noticed this yesterday and the day before in these hearings, this assumption that if you are exempt, you don't have a..."