If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

According to the EPA, ozone pollution, also known as smog, is one of the most prevalent cross-State air pollutants in the United States.

I believe that most Americans realize that air pollution is bad for our health, bad for our planet, bad for business and that it creates real economic hardships for communities that end up breathing dirty air.

Unfortunately, some people have forgotten in this country that air pollution knows no State boundaries.

For too long, many Americans living in downwind States have suffered in part because upwind neighboring States refuse to clean up their ozone pollution.

EPA has an obligation to forge partnerships with States in order to make sure that everyone is doing their fair share.

EPA's science based rule has well defined economic and health benefits.

That is why we need a national strategy to address pollutants like ozone.

Downwind States need cooperation from our upwind neighbors and EPA if we are ever to have truly healthy air to breathe.

The Good Neighbor Rule is about basic fairness. It is about protecting Americans who are breathing dirty air.

To me, that is not an undue burden on upwind States. It is basic fairness.

My hope is that we will be guided by science here, and at the end of the day we will be better prepared to deal with these issues in a fair and thoughtful way.