The first bill submitted by U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md.-1st, which would reauthorize study of algae blooms and dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay, made it out of a subcommittee a day after he voted to limit the power of the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
The bill approved Thursday by the Energy and Environment Subcommittee would reauthorize a program to develop technologies to control and respond to harmful algal blooms and the dead zones they create.
"The Chesapeake Bay is a national environmental treasure that so many Marylanders depend on for jobs," said Harris in a statement Thursday.
According to a news release from Harris' office, the bill modifies a program led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and increases the emphasis placed on developing technologies to control and respond to harmful algal blooms causing oxygen depletion and leading to aquatic dead zones.
2 comments:
More pet project spending. These politicians just plain don't get it.
The Chesapeake bay has been around longers than we have and will be around long after we're gone.
I wish Andy would just help us get this president and his agenda stopped before it's too late.
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