Tom Carper

I think in any business, that is a pretty good return.

Clean diesel technology is making a bigger contribution toward reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gases, more than any other affordable drive technology today.

We have learned from you, too, so it is a two-way street.

All right. Thank you.

Continuing DERA would provide a cost-effective way to address the existing fleet and will deliver immediate public health benefits.

He had this idea on the Diesel Emission Reduction Act. He was looking for a Democrat cosponsor.

These rules, taken together with the agency's greenhouse gas requirements, could cost families and businesses over $300 Billion by 2015.

An analysis from Global Insight estimates the rule could put up to 798,250 jobs at risk and reduce U.S. GDP by as much as $1.2 billion.

Thank you. Thanks for that statement, and I look forward to working with you on this and a lot of other stuff, too.

An idea that came from my friend Sen. Voinovich, DERA is one of the most cost-effective clean air Federal programs.

Implementation of EPA's cap-and-trade agenda will have ruinous consequences for our economy, with some estimates as high as $400 Billion in lost GDP.

Well, here you have two issues where people have come together: DERA, which has a track record of people coming together and reaching across the aisle; and clean construction, where at least two of the major stakeholders that are involved…

Great. Thanks so much. Thanks for joining us today.

George Voinovich, as you know, played a huge role in getting DERA on the table.

I don't believe that Americans are especially interested in ideas that are Democrat or Republican.

If we could get enough of those out there and operating, we could have a lot of clean air.

All right, Mr. Schneider, thank you very much for your testimony, for your enthusiasm, and for your encouragement.

You crafted the Clean Construction Act of 2011, which will reduce these emissions by helping to clean up on- and off-road construction equipment.

From your lips to God's ears. We will hope that the request will be granted.

I will continue to work with my colleagues to ensure this program continues to be funded.

If something is not working, then we ought to make it better.

In the end, we are in this together. We need to figure out together how to get to a better place.

Cleaning up dirty diesel emissions provides us with an opportunity to walk across the aisle.

Thanks for your encouragement and for your good stewardship and for setting a good example for the rest of us.

Thanks, Mr. Parfitt. Well done.