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.

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.

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.