I am glad that we will be able to evaluate the findings in the Secretary's report.

I know that problems of this magnitude that plagued Arlington in the past will not just disappear overnight.

I think we all agree that Arlington National Cemetery is an unparalleled national treasure that serves a very unique mission.

Our veterans and their loved ones deserve no less.

One of the things that is the most difficult to hear about is the sort of treatment that families have gotten when they want to inter or bury one of their loved ones: an 80 percent dissatisfaction rate with the telephone hotline and and long wait times.

Thank you. Well, first of all, I want to thank the witnesses for their hard work and congratulate you for how much you have accomplished in the last year.

I don't buy the argument that this is entirely detrimental to our economy to have clean air. I think the opposite is absolutely true.

I think it is perfectly appropriate to try to understand what the witnesses' interests are and how it is being paid for.

I think what is happening here is that this rule, by putting on proper particulate matter controls and vapor controls, is closing the loophole on these really gross emitting--they are the low-hanging fruit of air pollution in the United States.

The cost was a fraction of what the industry was predicting it would be. The benefits were enormous.

Having this Subcommittee conduct a legislative hearing is a little unusual, and I think it is a good idea.