James M. Jeffords: “As you know, I have introduced the Clean Power Act, which requires power plants to reduce mercury by 90 percent over the…”

I will be brief but concise. This is not a vote about reducing mercury by 90 percent by 2009 or even 70 percent by the year 2030. That is a red herring. This is not a vote about the opponents' wildly outdated claims on the potential cost…

These innovations have the potential to move us into an era when driving a car or truck will no longer mean causing dangerous, global-warming pollution or using up scarce resources.

generally when we vote, the decisions we make can be revisited within a few months or years. This year's appropriations policy can be replaced by a new one next year. Unintended consequences can be rectified, legislation fine tuned. But…

Thank you. Mr. Wehrum, a major challenge facing EPA is securing the resources needed to successfully develop and implement the renewable fuels standard, or RFS.