Ed Whitfield: “I might say to the distinguished gentleman from Oregon that it is correct that the court invalidated the current Air…”

“I might say to the distinguished gentleman from Oregon that it is correct that the court invalidated the current Air Transport Rule that we have in effect in America today, but I would also like to read from that decision because one of the reasons they invalidated this law was because EPA was looking at a regional basis rather than within individual States. The court said: ``It is possible that CAIR would achieve air transport goals. EPA's modeling shows that sources contributing to North Carolina's non-containment areas will reduce their emissions even after opting into CAIR's trading programs.'' My point in saying that is this still is a particularly effective Air Transport Rule. At this time I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Carter).”