Despite its misleading title, the "Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act" bill would actually damage the health of the Chesapeake Bay and the communities that depend upon it. The legislation would derail ongoing efforts to clean up the Bay by undermining new pollution limits for the Chesapeake.

Even more importantly, the bill could strip the federal government of its critical role in ensuring that all citizens have clean waters in which they can safely fish and swim.