Today we have witnessed seals, dolphins and porpoises returning to the harbor.
Fish are plentiful.
Sandpipers, loons, and other sea birds now play in the surf. People now swim in the harbor freed from their fears of catching diseases from being in the water. I realize our work cleaning the harbor is far from over, indeed I wish it were. But, as we can see today, this harbor has come back from the dead. Other important environmental issues facing the 9th Congressional District and the nation include strengthening not weakening the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts.