The Clean Air Transport Rule and Mercury Air Toxics Standards are continuing the successful history of the Clean Air Act and EPA's implementation of it.

The hearing will come to order. Good morning, one and all.

We really needed to do everything we possibly could to reduce emissions in State.

They are. Up there they are.

These toxic pollutants know no State boundary and they send thousands of our children to the hospital every day.

Since coming to the U.S. Senate a decade or so ago, I have made it my mission to work with our colleagues to ensure that EPA has the right tools to clean our air.

Thanks so much for your leadership. It is great to be your partner.

I quickly learned that my neighbor's dirty air meant higher health care costs for my state.

It is a level playing field issue, it is a good neighbor issue, it is a fairness and equity issue.

How do you put a price on human life?

I believe most of us in the room believe we ought to try to treat other people the way we want to be treated.

I believe we ought to treat other people the way we'd want them to treat us.

EPA simply wants to hold all companies to the standards used at the cleanest plants, which have shown that they can succeed by investing in clean technology.

It is simply not true that there is any question about the science, nor any question about the impact.

Under the Clean Air Act States have few tools available to them to hold upwind States accountable.

The Clean Air Act is critically important for the public health of this Nation.

We must address this growing inequity through this new Transport Rule; it is a matter of fundamental fairness.

We are very confident that we not only met our legal obligation, but we also met the spirit of the law.

The bottom line is rules and regulations aren't making our children sick; pollution is making our children sick.

I must tell you, to me this is about jobs, it is about creating the type of economic growth in this Nation.

Clean Air Act benefits outweigh its costs by some 30 to 1.

When can we see a final Transport Rule from EPA? I am hoping it is going to be soon.

There is really a fairness question. It really goes back to the Golden Rule; we ought to treat other people like we want to be treated.

The fact that we may incur greater costs for health care because our air is dirtier... impedes our ability to maintain our own jobs.

So when we have a chance to do something to keep people healthy, keep them alive, then why look at the dark side? Look at the positive side.