It concerns me because, one, it could lead to more dirty coal power being piped into our State.

I am sure that if I were taking the entire State of Iowa and throwing transmission lines through it, you all might not look at it so well.

I think that our colleagues in the Congress have to understand that as one of the fundamental issues in whether or not you want an effective mass transit system.

So basically--and, Mr. Chairman, I will end on this. My understanding from the panel is that you are all in support of a consumer financial protection agency?

A healthy transit system helps to alleviate congestion on the Nation's roads.

I have worked hard this Congress to show how increased Federal investment in transit could result in the continued expansion of public transportation options.

Like my counterparts, I believe that a healthy transit system helps to alleviate congestion on the Nation's roads.

I encourage Congress to include funding for transit projects in the climate change bill currently being developed.

Thank you for your extraordinary leadership on the SILO/LILO issue which continues to haunt a number of transit systems.

We have established a clean energy program which uses market-based techniques to establish support and grant making the possibilities.

We have substantial results in New Jersey.

We have taken aggressive steps to meet those.