Tom Carper

Our main emphasis around the release of those 14,000 assets is a few things. It is, one, it is transparency to make sure that the public is holding us accountable to get rid of them.

I think you mentioned as much as $15 billion over 3 years.

I am determined that we are going to make real progress and am happy to have an Administration that shares that conviction.

We could create a situation where the various agencies might be bidding for certain talent against each other.

In adversity lies opportunity.

I think that you are absolutely right, it is very likely that the mix of pollutants is going to be found to create more damage than any one individual.

EPA is doing the right thing when it puts limits on the largest sources of mercury and other air toxics.

Is it possible that more ozone days could be one of those factors?

It is my understanding that 2010 was one of the hottest years on record.

As both a mom and a health care professional, I would absolutely be willing to pay $2 a month for clean air and to protect my children's health.

I have introduced legislation to reform TSCA to require all chemicals to be tested and proven safe.

Would you be willing to spend $2 a month to keep your kids from suffering from asthma attacks or neurological damage from mercury exposure?

As Senator Carper mentioned, children are outside for longer periods and are more active, especially in the summer when ozone levels are highest.

If you just make sure you respond for the record, that would be great.

Wow. That is a lot of money.

They cover everybody, they get better results.

In adversity lies opportunity.

Creating a healthier environment by controlling air toxins from mobile and stationary sources will benefit not only those most at risk, but indeed, all of us who depend on breathing clean air for optimal health.

Improving children's health doesn't appear to be sufficient motivation for some of the other side of the aisle.

I think it is an area that we need to invest some funding in for research to find out how much the danger is and which mix is really the worst and what we can do about it.

I have introduced legislation, a couple of Congresses, actually, but in the last Congress we introduced legislation that would reduce air toxics, reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions to levels that are very similar to what…

So I believe that our job in the Senate is to make sure things don't get worse and make sure that we create an economic environment where things actually can get better.

The Environmental Protection Agency is now considering what I think are sensible rules to reduce smog-causing pollution as well as particle pollution, mercury pollution and other harmful air toxics.

That is why I have worked hard with my colleagues, Democrat and Republican alike, to make sure that all of our children have clean air to breathe, that is free of all types of air pollution.

I think we need to focus on making America's air as clean as we can as fast as we can.