Political Quotes

“I am proud to have lived near the shores of the Chesapeake Bay all but 5 years of my life. It is a very dear part of the world. I am proud to have been associated with the creation of the original Chesapeake Bay program and its original authorization and my role in convincing the then Reagan administration that it should be the bellwether of their environmental program, which even deserved mention in the President's State of the Union address. The Chesapeake Bay program is the unique regional partnership that has been coordinating the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay since the signing of the historic 1983 Chesapeake Bay agreement. As the largest estuary in the United States and one of the most productive in the world, the Chesapeake Bay was the Nation's first estuary targeted for restoration and protection. The Chesapeake Bay program evolved as the means to restore this exceptionally valuable resource. H.R. 3039 will continue the cooperative Federal, State, and local efforts that already have successfully achieved progress restoring the bay.”