Somehow we have to get over the hill here. We have to get into the world where our institutions are really taking seriously the modifications programs.

I thought that should have been our initiative.

I think, again, that is one of the issues that we need to really sit down, discuss in earnest and look at all the options.

One of the ideas that have pursued in Oregon is we have dedicated 1 percent of our State Highway Funds to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.

We have the Nation's first solar highway, which is utilizing a stretch of right-of-way to produce energy and feed it directly into the grid.

Anytime that type of robust praise gets expressed, I want to feed it back.

I think that would be quite useful.

So I would have assumed that during this downturn, the number of backlogged orders would have dropped dramatically. Am I correct about that?

I am listening to this conversation as the son of a mechanic and machinist who--I had the privilege of growing up building things in the garage.

It is a pleasure to have you, Administrator Jackson, and the work you are doing.

I believe that the market-based approach is not a completely new invention.

I think that housing is the foundation of the American dream.

There is a lot of work to be done and we are under difficult circumstances with the budget we face.

Housing is something that has been very much a part of my background as Director of Habitat for Humanity in Portland, Oregon, later a developer of affordable housing, later an advocate in the legislature for both strong rental assistance…

The higher the volatility parameter, the greater potential for a particular renewable fuel to negatively impact environmental performance.

Let me dive in a little bit further.

So when you come from a community, a State like Jeff Merkley and I do where the Federal Government owns much of the land, this is a very real and palpable problem.

If you could describe a little bit to what degree the process being used involves temperature and pressure?

Then does that kind of accentuate the value of the potential philosophy, if you will, of forest thinning...

Your comments about legacy assets takes me back to earlier in the week in the Banking Committee, where legacy assets is now the term being used for the toxic collateralized debt obligations.

Biomass holds a lot of potential as a clean source of energy, but we want to make sure that it is harvested in a sustainable way.

I echo everything that Senator Wyden said about the importance of taking advantage of biofuels in our overgrown second growth forests.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

And to impact on ground level ozone.

Thank you very much, Doctor. It is my turn to dash to the floor to vote.