Jim Inhofe: “The second reason is the administration has not been honest on this, as well as the ambient air, when they come along…”

“The second reason is the administration has not been honest on this, as well as the ambient air, when they come along and they say, as Mary Nichols, Deputy Secretary, said yesterday, that the cost to the American people for the changes in the ambient air would be $9.1 billion when the President's own Council of Economic Advisers puts the price tag at something over $60 billion and the Reason Foundation out in California has it somewhere between $90 and $150 billion. So anyway, Mr. President, it is not realistic to do this. I would also observe I can't imagine that anyone who would be opposed to the ratification of this treaty wouldn't also be opposed to the changes in the ambient air standards. We will be introducing legislation next week. It will be bipartisan. Senator Breaux and I will be introducing legislation to reject these changes.”