I would agree. As I said before, Portlanders, we like to think we are unique. But in many ways we are typical Americans.

All right. Thank you.

The legislation to provide transportation which would reduce greenhouse gases is enormously important, and there is no better time to focus on a matter of this importance than on this legislation.

Parts of my State are going to be underwater. Not just my State, but States along the East Coast from Maine to Florida.

Our President was a guy named George Herbert Walker Bush, and as I recall, he proposed harnessing market forces to try to address the problems that we had with acid rain destroying forests and water and lakes and so forth in New England.

I think it is probably for both of you.

I think that it is very clear that you are very knowledgeable of the role of the trucking industry and freight movement.

I have no idea what the cost-benefit analysis of that would be, but it has got to be off the charts.

I do believe it was a tremendous success.

So I think you have strong bipartisan support and interest from the Congress in a reasonable, effective CAIR rule.

I hope, and I would echo what Senator Voinovich said, and I will ask a couple of questions.

I am delighted you are here. Thank you for your great interest and leadership.

The conservative Republicans who live around there are for clean air because they breathe the air, and they know tourists come there to see the Smokys, not to see smog.

I have also introduced legislation on limiting carbon for dealing with global warming, but we really don't know what to do with carbon yet.

Just a point of clarification in response to your answer to Senator Vitter's last question.

OK. Could you just briefly explain for us banked allowances? Just take a minute on that. Just talk to us about banked allowances please.

The process you just outlined for us, it sounds like it could take a while, even without lawsuits. Is that a fair statement?

So we are about 12 years into this without regulations that are fully established.