Any delay would put a burden on this.

Investments made, in some cases in the Midwest, will actually benefit those of use who live in the rest of our country.

How does your experience at Brandon Shores match up with some of these studies?

I think everybody is really on the same page.

One of the questions that I think President George Herbert Walker Bush faced as he signed into the law the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments was how are going to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions?

Put another way, Clean Air Act benefits outweigh the costs by a margin of 30 to 1.

We end up having to reduce our emissions in order to try to be in compliance with Federal environmental guidelines.

The State of Maryland is showing that we as a country can do a lot more.

One of the things that I try to focus on here is how do we develop consensus.

the regulation of mobile sources as a win-win that produces oil independence for our Nation, a cleaner, healthier environment for ourselves and our children, and an increased number of jobs in the auto sector.

I am sorry. I do not understand. You say if the electricity prices raise because of natural gas----

Without such Federal regulations, we could experience another period of lawsuits, political warfare and public campaigns that would distract the industry's attention and divert it from the clear and certain path it is on now.

The benefits to human health and welfare flowing from the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act are substantial and they have positive economic effects.

The question is do consumers want to pay for the value that they get from particularly clean air? I think we should leave that to them to decide.

It tells us that they are there to be employed and it also tells us that they need the employment in order to pursue their careers.

Give us a reasonable amount of time, give us some flexibility and get out of the way.

We have thousands of kids that are not in school today because of the asthma, because they cannot breathe the air, and it is just not fair.

Mr. Montgomery, thank you for your testimony.