I think coming--something that should accompany that would be a plan, something that can be shared, explained, and can be used as an oversight tool to help you.

I certainly want to encourage you, to the extent that you can, to be transparent, more transparent and accountable.

I think I walk away from this hearing with a better understanding of how we find ourselves in this situation.

We should not be surprised that the Postal Service is struggling as well.

The 78 or 80 percent of costs that are represented by personnel, I am not going to ask how that compares with other service industries, but let me just ask: Is that a stable number?

One of the things that we are trying to do is to push money toward putting people to work.

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.

The good thing about diesel engines is they last a long time. The bad things about diesel engines is they last a long time.

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