07/28/2014
https://congress.gov...
"Are you serious? I mean for 25 years farmers, localities, and others across the Chesapeake Bay region have substantially reduced the amount of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment going into the stream..."
"But how can you make effective decisions about what should go into a TMDL and how can you expect the states to comply when you haven't even given them the evidence of what needs to be done and how it ..."
"Is it more important to develop implementation plans with the correct science or to meet an artificial deadline?"
"I considered that an attack on Pennsylvania farmers in a broad brush, and I also considered it insensitive and certainly overstated."