George Voinovich: “Right. This is one of the most effective ways, actually, to reduce nitrogen oxide and also particulate matter. In my…”

“Right. This is one of the most effective ways, actually, to reduce nitrogen oxide and also particulate matter. In my remarks I mentioned the study at the University of Cincinnati on children. The negative impact is amazing on children who live very close to freeways with this diesel fuel. Retrofitting would be the most cost-efficient way of dealing with that problem. This program fundamentally is a voluntary program. It is a program in which we encourage all of the States to participate. If they did, each State would get 2 percent of the money. If they didn't, those States that participated would benefit from this on a per capita basis, 30 percent of the program allocated to them and 70 percent of it would be distributed by the Environmental Protection Agency based on submissions submitted and also on the basis of giving priority to public requests for this money.”