George Voinovich: “At the State level, it just sucks up money, and then you would have less money for education.”

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.

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

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

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.