for driving the fracking boom than aubrey mcclendon, c.e.o. of chesapeake energy. >> aubrey mcclendonry. he was a bigger-than-life individual. >> if there is one message i'd like to effectively communicate today, it's that america is at the beginning of a great natural gas boom, and this boom... >> he believed that natural gas was the fuel of the future, and that's-- he called it that all the time. >> the technological breakthrough that we have developed in finding gas from shales changes everything about what you think about natural gas scarcity in america. >> narrator: with the growing awareness about fossil fuels' effect on the climate, mcclendon believed that natural gas-- which releases less co2 than oil or coal when burned-- could be marketed as part of the solution. >> he said, "well, what do you think?" you know, he said, "do we need an association or an organization just focused on the gas opportunities out there?" so, we started the clean skies foundation. it was just doing everything we poly could to get out the message. >> what if america hadts own clean energy, abundant a

the army corps of energies, in our district, we announced $84 million that will be available to deal with the restoration of midday, the islands of baron and james island, chesapeakeay. i mentioned that, that is in a major step forward in dealing with the economics of our port by having a location for dredge material. also, the restoration of our coastlines in the chesapeake bay, the work that we do. part of that biden came out of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. which we were all proud to support. it included additional parts that will help us in the chesapeake bay, including the state revolving funds. as you are aware, it also included a direct help the chesapeake bay program, which we very much appreciate. the president's budget appropriates 90. 6 -- for the jeffrey bay program. considering that we authorize 91 million, you are close. you still have a few dollars more you could come up, we are not going to complain about that. we appreciate the president's budget. in addition to that, 47. 5 million made available through the bipartisan infrastructure bill, for the chesapeake bay efforts. we have i think a historic opportunity to really move forward, particul