Tom Carper actually said...

"Do you believe that legislation with targets and timetables for mercury, for nitrogen oxide, for sulfur dioxide, could give certainty for environmental reductions and business decisions?"

"What are your thoughts about this particular allocation process? And could we do something similar for other pollutants? And what about auctioning the allowances?"

"We think it is more cost-effective than doing these regulations piecemeal."

"I am just struck by how far we have come, and really struck by how cost-effective this can be."