Political Quotes

“Let me say to my friend who is managing on the majority side, I spent 14 years in local government. We don't consider the Federal involvement in cleaning up the bay an undue burden. We actually consider it a partnership that has paid off big time, and we need more of it. Support the Connolly Amendment to H.R. 2018 Protect these Great Waters: Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, Long Island Sound, South Florida/Everglades, Mississippi River Basin, San Francisco Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Champlain, Puget Sound, Casco Bay (ME), New Hampshire Estuaries, Massachusetts Bays, Buzzards Bay, Narragansett Bay, Peconic Estuary, New York/NJ Harbor, Bernegat Bay, Delaware Inland Bays, Maryland Coastal Bays, Southeast Coast, Albermarle-Pamlico Sound, Indian River Lagoon, Gulf Coast, Charlotte Harbor, Sarasota Bay, Tampa Bay, Mobile Bay, Bataraia-Terrebonne Estuary, Galveston Bay, Coastal Bend Bay, West Coast, Lower Columbia River, Tillamook Bay, Morro Bay Dear Colleague, many of us have worked in collaboration with partners at the state and local level to protect great waters like the Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Everglades, Lake Champlain, Long Island Sound, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Mississippi Basin, and the Gulf of Mexico. I have drafted a simple amendment to exempt these watersheds and others that receive federal restoration funding from H.R. 2018.…”