The Chesapeake Bay is not only a treasure to the state of Maryland, it is a national treasurer. As such, the United States government should take decisive actions to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay. 

 I support a multi-state effort to clean up the Bay. For too long, Maryland has had a go-it-alone mentality when attempting to clean up the Bay.

Many of the greatest polluters of the Chesapeake Bay do not come from the State of Maryland. The states contributing to the degradation of the Bay include Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Virginia and Washington D.C. The greatest single point polluter to the Chesapeake Bay is a wastewater treatment plant in Washington D.C.

For decades Maryland has gone it alone, and the health of the Bay has continued its decline.

I support a multi-state solution that uses the power of the federal government to clean up the health of the Chesapeake Bay. I support making the voluntary standards states agreed to as part of the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement mandatory. The states have already agreed to these standards and now it is time for the federal government to make these standards mandatory