The Senate and Nation are a better place because of their service.

I have no ultimatums, I have no demands and time limits.

I am interested in hearing from her if the EPA under her leadership will punish rural communities who have air quality issues.

It is very important in this Administration that we find a way to get the three States together to come up with a working water plan.

She recognized back in 1999 and early 2000 that a waiver we had asked for for the construction of a bridge... would actually contribute to lessening air pollution from automobiles.

I understand the politics of that, will understand we have three States, all of which need to drink water.

Because there are times that States' self-interest actually can use the law to its advantage to not do something because the victim is downstream getting penalized.

Because of Ms. Browner's waiver with the developer, the developer then took that site, redeveloped it.

I hope you will consider, in these unintended consequences, wherein clean air standards, even clean water standards, point pollution is where you address the problem, at the source, not the unintended victim, somewhere either downstream or…

It is very important that we see to it that that is a seamless transition.

I would just encourage you, as you find ways to mitigate problems, find ways to seek solutions, to reduce pollution, that you recognize the tremendous difference of soil erosion, sediment from State to State, from region to region.

I will not make an opening statement, but I do have a couple of--well, one question and one point to make.