I expect it to be a template from this point on for how Federal Government deals with taxpayers' money.

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Colorado, Mr. Udall, and his staff for arranging this opportunity for us to speak on what is a far more important issue than I would have imagined, oh, 20 years ago. Before I came to the Senate, in…

Mr. President, I was going to talk about small business lending and some ideas about how to get our economy moving again. I feel compelled to say something. I had the privilege of visiting, almost a year ago, the Cleveland Clinic. The…

What does the Congress need to do?

Work with the Army, support this initiative financially, and help us, help the Army to get this system back off of rain delay and get it completed, sir.

Obviously, we need to do everything we can to help the people of the region, and we need to make sure that we do everything we can to get a restoration plan that repairs the damage that has been done.

As Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, I have been to the Gulf and seen first-hand the environmental and economic impacts of the BP oil disaster.

I am anxious to hear the testimony of each of our witnesses.

When you state that the EPA plans to move forward on an additional Transport Rule next year to help States meet the new ozone standards that will be finalized, I think, in August, are you saying that EPA will be looking to tighten the…

Maybe we can hammer something out here before you are ready to ride off into the sunrise.

We are looking at a budget deficit; we basically doubled our Nation's debt from 2001 to 2008.

Senator Carper, I would urge you to insist that EPA provide you a comparable map for your bill to see what it would do with respect to attainment in these same areas.

We very much appreciate your being here today. Thanks for your work. Our best to Ohio.

Thank you for your leadership, Senator Carper, and for the opportunity to testify today on this important transport proposal of EPA's.

I think there is good will on all sides. Let's make as much progress as we can.

Will companies or will utilities be able to bank emissions in the future?

Is that an area where perhaps that could be brought to bear?

We support passage of S. 2995, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, sponsored by Senator Carper, you and Senator Alexander.