I am pleased to assure my colleague, in the Dulles corridor, we completely re-did the re-zoning at high end density so that it will be a transit-oriented development corridor.

We also need to understand how we can move to extend Metrorail service in our region.

I was a big advocate for, thinking it was a great first step and a great way to have a beta test of a new, fairly unrestricted pot of money

I do hope that we will continue to make the case that our current transportation funding sources at the Federal or the State level are basically bankrupt.

I really do hope we take this opportunity to think beyond the silos within your Department.

I recognize the constraints you are under, but we have to continue making the case that there needs to be additional funding.

I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman, and let me, first of all, welcome the whole panel and say congratulations on your nominations and hopefully your speedy approvals.

I have just three things that I want to bring to the Subcommittee's attention; the first has to do with land preservation and protecting drinking water sources and the establishment of public park land.

We have a situation where it is assumed that we have greater financial resources to deal with this problem, when China is a greater emitter and they're sitting on a $2 trillion surplus.

Your position would be that China would also have to have a specific obligation?

The major polluters in the world today--China and India--are not Annex 1.

Why wouldn't they have the same obligation?

The developed countries under the Kyoto Protocol have specific obligations.

The bureaucracy that would come out of last year's bill was--it looked like something you would get out of the old Soviet Union.

Many of us feel a strong commitment to improving environmental conditions, but that doesn't mean that the mail has been answered on a lot of these other questions.

Actually, the more I read about cap and trade, the less comfortable I am with it.

I have dealt with State-level transportation challenges, and one of the most frustrating things at a State level is the silo nature of our transportation funding.

Coming from Virginia, which faces some of the most significant transportation challenges in the nation, I understand the critical need to bring our Nation's best thinking to address transportation issues.