And you suggest that the health and welfare benefits could be quantified. And you put a range on it, $120 billion to $290 billion annually.

On page 2 of your testimony you talk about how the proposed Transport Rule would prevent 14,000 to 36,000 premature deaths annually.

Simply put, we've got to do better. Much better. And the good news is we can.

I believe this Congress needs to pass bipartisan legislation that I co-authored along with Senator Alexander and 14 others of our colleagues, Democrats and Republicans.

These pollutants affect the health of millions of Americans.

My concerns lead me to believe that this EPA action is even more reason for Congress to pass the Carper-Alexander legislation that would establish a national program with stronger permanent reductions in SO2 and NOx emissions and eliminate…

If we could work something out, we could eliminate all of this stuff, or most of it, so that people know where they are going, what am I going to have to do, how much am I going to have to invest, what am I going to have and so forth.

When we get into questions, one of the questions I will be asking of the Administration is about cost and benefit.

Unfortunately he is thinking of leaving us at the end of the year. He is on a mission--and I am, too--to make sure that a number of items on his agenda list get completed.

A majority of Americans--more than 175 million people--live in areas where there is enough air pollution to endanger their lives or threaten their health.

Air pollution knows no State boundaries.

We look forward to being your partner, and again, thanks very, very much.

Air pollution causes serious health effects, including asthma, cancer, brain damage--even death.

The benefits will far outweigh the estimated annual cost of $2.8 billion.

A lot of people think we can't get much done this year and that we are just going to ride it out and just end up with delay and inability to find common ground. I am more hopeful, particularly in this area, that we can surprise some people.

The bipartisan Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010 is cosponsored by 6 Republicans, 8 Democrats, and an Independent Senator.

We will have two rounds of questions, 5 minutes each. I want to go back, the first question, just to go back to a point raised by Senator Voinovich.

We are saying with this legislation that the President is going to sign in about 30 minutes that agencies, all Federal agencies have to report their improper payments.