Peter DeFazio actually said...

"The Geographic Programs have made great strides in improving the health of places like the Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes."

"We in the Chesapeake Bay have had progress. That does not mean we are done, obviously."

"Oysters, which are called the coral reefs of an estuary, are being restored, and they are being restored using science as the basis for where it goes, where they should be rebuilt."

"Nothing is absolutely puncture proof in this--nothing."