"If our current burn rate is $5 billion a month, if it will go to $10 billion a month by next summer..."
"It is an honor and a privilege to be before you today, and I really appreciate your allowing me to discuss the issues before us about the Chesapeake Bay."
"The Bay is extraordinarily important to myself and to our constituents. It is an economic driver in Virginia."
"I look forward to continuing to work on those issues."
"I really appreciate your leadership and your efforts on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay."
"There is a deep sense of frustration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed about the progress we have made to restore the Bay."
"I recognize that we need both carrots and sticks to make complex environmental projects work..."
"I would encourage the Committee not to include language that would impose any additional regulations or restrictions on non-native oysters or commercial menhaden harvests."
"We want to resist the temptation to replace fishery science with politics."
"Thank you again, Chairwoman Johnson and Ranking Member Boozman, for the opportunity for me to testify today..."
"we don't want to put undue burdens on localities."
"the role of the Federal Government is critical to the success of the Bay restoration project."