George Voinovich: “For every $1 that we invest, we get a $13 public health benefit.”

We still believe that identifying long-term funding for all of the reform efforts would help, especially as the money becomes tighter and congressional decisionmakers such as yourself have to prioritize.

DERA is one of the most cost-effective clean air Federal programs and it does indeed provide an economic and health benefit of some $13 for every dollar of moneys that are spent.

I would like to say, again, thank you very, very much for the good work that you have done.

The current structure falls short in comparison to a model that provides additional accountability and reasonably insulates the organization from political interference