One of the major contributors to air pollution in and around schools comes from those school buses that the kids ride to school in.

We understand that these are partnerships and that there is a great willingness to share your wife and your children's mom with our Country.

We hope you will have the opportunity to come and see us, too.

I look forward to working with you on a variety of issues, including more funding and assistance to local communities to deal with water infrastructure needs.

I want to say for the record that I think Steve Johnson did an outstanding job as Director of the EPA.

I think it is the most difficult job that one can have in the Federal Government.

I think these next 2 years may be the most important 2 years that I serve in public office, because of the condition of our economy and the threat, in all aspects, to the world economy.

We can no longer afford inaction on climate change or air pollution.

But beyond just refusing to do its part, the Administration has also held up any Federal regulation on climate change--despite the Supreme Court ruling that the regulation of carbon dioxide is required under the Clean Air Act.

However, for the last 8 years, the Bush administration has not provided the information we need on some of the biggest environmental challenges of our time.

For the past 8 years, the Bush Administration has not provided the leadership we need on some of the biggest environmental challenges of our time--global warming, energy independence and cleaning up our Nation's air.

the Administration has also held up any Federal regulations on climate change, despite the Supreme Court's ruling that the regulation of carbon dioxide is required under the Clean Air Act.

I am going to say some fairly critical things about the Bush administration.

I hope that EPA drops the mercury rule case, and does not appeal it further.

Vigorous U.S. engagement to promote opening of trans-Caspian energy trade and investment is an important priority for U.S. interests.

[t]he imprisonment and legal proceedings against Khodorkovsky have violated virtually every canon of fairness and legality.

The complex issue of Eurasian energy requires high-level U.S. attention and engagement.

President-elect Obama and I believe that Afghanistan and the Pakistani border are the central front in the war on terror.