Like much of the rest of our country, Delaware, where I am from, has many critical infrastructure sites that require a variety of security protocols.

It is also important that we show that we can spend money responsibly, and facing a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion this year and red ink for as far as the eye can see, we have our work cut out for us.

I would just like to say how much I appreciated the opportunity to meet with Mr. Zients this last week and to have an opportunity to discuss a number of the priorities, some that Senator Collins has already mentioned, that the three of us…

I presume that there has been an informal dialog back and forth between GAO and EPA over the last years.

What kind of job do you think that Senator Whitehouse is doing in chairing this hearing today?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We highlighted the need for transparency.

Well, we are coming up on a 460-day clock.

You just kind of answered the last question I was going to ask, what should we be doing differently, or to follow on?

Do you agree that the Department of Transportation should support more robust regional planning for transportation emission reductions?

Do you believe that the federally supported projects that reduce transportation emissions should be a goal of climate change legislation?

I think that he is going to yield to you for advice on this stuff.

The President has just announced increases in the fuel efficiency standards so that by 2016, I believe, our fleet has to be up to about 35 or 36 miles per gallon.

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Our economy cannot survive dependent on old, dirty fossil fuels--we must break free of our dependence.

I am just really delighted that you are here, Chad, and I want to welcome you.

Clean energy does create jobs. This is a story we are hearing throughout Delaware.

We are going to hold a roundtable in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday morning, May 18.