It would be nice if there was a way of harmonizing that with what the States require.

If you really want to address carbon, you do it through a carbon tax.

I'm glad you asked a question about the Panama Canal, Mr. Chairman, because that's also something that I wanted to get some reaction to.

We may have done enough damage today, I'm not sure.

I think when--the cap and trade programs that have been discussed, and when government starts picking winners and losers and allocating credits, I think it's dangerous.

I think the important thing is that we do no harm.

You've got to do it through policy. You've got to do it through incentives, and certainly the carbon legislation is an opportunity.

We need efficient transportation systems, just like the Eisenhower presidency did.

I hope that this hearing today will be a catalyst for our Committee's thorough examination of Federal transportation policies.

Yes, that would be great.

The Air Force is the largest user of fuels, obviously, and if we can use domestically produced alternative fuels here, it lessens the very dangerous dependence that we have on foreign energy.

I think there is more that Congress can require, when it comes to updating the Pilot Records Improvement Act.