Lamar Alexander actually said...

"So, this is a jobs issue for us. It will enable us to give certainty so that we can continue to use low cost reliable coal."

"Yes, a lot of us would like to get on with the legislation, and we want to know what it costs before we do."

"Well, my major request to you, and I said this to the Administrator yesterday, is that you put a very high priority on doing whatever EPA can do to help Senator Carper, Senator Voinovich, any of us to..."

"If you figure that out, you are going to make 2 or 3 billion dollars and solve a great big problem that we have."