Ed Whitfield: “The U.S. Government is offering any and all assistance that has been requested.”

If that happens and if you're still at the EPA I want you to go to Fairfield, Texas with Congressman Bill Flores and explain to those people who've lost their jobs how you've improved their environment.

So many critics say that that flexibility argument--we're giving maximum flexibility to the State--is really a red herring.

Well, some States would disagree with that. I've talked to many of them, and they view--even though you went through a process, that you set the standard.

Amen. I was just in China and we saw their reports in the local press. They're building new power plants they know they don't need. They just want the jobs, more coal emissions. So, again, it's a global challenge. It's not just America's…