Tom Udall

I fully agree with that goal particularly because it will lower energy costs in the long term.

Sounds like you're going to have to quit your day job and take this on.

Yes, and you never know over time when that unit triggers a connection on the part of somebody who may live at a far distance, but nonetheless decides to take that on as a cause.

Given that that would take some time and focus but that there will be utility I think as well.

We feel a billion is a sizable number. It's a reasonable number.

I interrupted you. I know you were moving to a couple of other points perhaps you wanted to make on how this would be structured or had you worked through your list?

The goal here is through these agreements we would require at least some percentage to go in its endowment.

The goal is that in adding up all of the various endowments derived from the philanthropy that could be focused on Yosemite or on Golden Gate or the parks of New York or in the Foundation aggregate.

So for example and Mr. Mulholland I want to call you by your first names because I know you both so well.

That's very exciting to hear. That's the kind of reality TV that I would like young people to engage with.

I'm sure there are some of Senator Paul's political opponents that would be happy to light his yard on fire if it would help the Sequoia tree.

As a former non-profit CEO I'm very intrigued with the way in which you laid out the creative ideas for the Foundation and for the endowment.

I know this will upset Senator Paul, but you said you don't need any Federal funding to implement the Call to Action.

I have joined forces with Senator Hatch to propose an unauthorizing Committee that would look at Federal programs that are perhaps duplicative or are not necessary anymore.

Your story is a powerful one. It's a great example of the American spirit of volunteerism.

All very important points well made and ones that I find very compelling.

Anything he's interested in, I'm interested in.

Success breeds more success.

Congratulations, everybody.

So what I hear you saying implicitly is that China is pursuing this policy because the job creation potential, as well as the environmental benefits, as well as their national security concerns, and now I'd editorialize.

Chairman Akaka has been very aggressive on all of the issues across Native nations.

We have to bring Tribal roads up to the level of our other roads at the State and Federal level.

We should not allow political fighting to hold up the critical extension, and ultimately a long-term reauthorization bill.

I'm concerned by the current proposals to make drastic changes to Amtrak, most notably to separate the Northeast Corridor from the rest of the Amtrak system.

I think the figure was used that 10 percent of the economy is really generated internally, and so that 90 percent is from the outside, from the United States and from all of this aid from our military efforts.