Lamar Alexander actually said...

"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..."

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

"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."

"There is no excuse remaining for not moving ahead to do what we know how to do with SOx, NOx and mercury."