On global warming, do you believe in reducing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the risk of economic and environmental damage from global warming and planet change?

This new authorization appears to be completely ignored in the President's budget.

I can only ask, where is the beef?

I hope I can work with you to make sure that this is the last budget that will request so little in funding for Lake Champlain.

I am also very deeply concerned with the Administration's effort to promote its Clean Skies Initiative.

It is my understanding that Clear Skies will increase the number relative to present law, if present law were put in place. Is that accurate or not?

We just talked about mercury, but how many people are dying prematurely every year from power plant pollution now?

During the 107th Congress, the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002 was enacted.

I have before me a list of 60 point sources of discharge into Lake Champlain from Vermont and another 28 sources of discharge into the lake from New York.

I am concerned that the proposed budget would represent an almost 40 percent cut in funding to the Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund.

I don't want to be told that a bean counter at OMB has decided that, for budgetary reasons, the State Revolving Funds are ready to revolve.

The Long Island Sound is a tremendous natural resource that is also under tremendous strain--and it needs our help.