Ed Whitfield: “Coal consumption is increasing every year worldwide, primarily because of increased use in China, India, and Asia.”

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.

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

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…

I want clean air. I want clean water. But I don't want an organized attack on the energy-producing sector of America because of, to use Mr. McNerney's term, a political decision to go after hydrocarbons.