Patrick Leahy actually said...

we must have the courage to act before it is too late and make historic investments in resilience to climate change.

I would hope the EPA would support a larger funding request for the Lake Champlain Geographic Program in 2016. We absolutely need it.

A lot of these efforts cost money. The EPA budget seems to be a more and more bare bones request each year.

Well, it has been authorized at $11 million per year. The need has never been greater than what it is going to be in 2016.