We very much appreciate your being here today. Thanks for your work. Our best to Ohio.

Senator Carper, I would urge you to insist that EPA provide you a comparable map for your bill to see what it would do with respect to attainment in these same areas.

We are looking at a budget deficit; we basically doubled our Nation's debt from 2001 to 2008.

Maybe we can hammer something out here before you are ready to ride off into the sunrise.

When you state that the EPA plans to move forward on an additional Transport Rule next year to help States meet the new ozone standards that will be finalized, I think, in August, are you saying that EPA will be looking to tighten the…

Are you worried about the utilities increasing their emissions before 2012, sort of emitting their bank, if you will, because the banks aren't worth much of anything?

I am anxious to hear the testimony of each of our witnesses.

We must continue to make progress and clean up our air as we address climate change.

Simply put, we've got to do better. Much better. And the good news is we can.

I believe this Congress needs to pass bipartisan legislation that I co-authored along with Senator Alexander and 14 others of our colleagues, Democrats and Republicans.

Air pollution knows no State boundaries.