If it is like Waxman-Markey, which EPA says it mostly is, then according to President Obama's budget director, it is the largest corporate welfare program in history.

I have no problem with the problem. My problem is with the solution.

It is going to make it harder for Americans to support their families.

I have an uneasy feeling, only ten months into this new administration, that we're beginning to see the symptoms of the same kind of animus developing in the Obama administration. And as those of us who served in the Nixon administration…

I didn't ask them their politics, I didn't ask them how they felt about issues.

I knew Republicans were doing better, but I didn't know it had come this far.

Pediatricians tell me, I had a hearing at Maharry University last October and they talked about how many of these adult diseases, especially Type 2 diabetes, sometimes heart disease, other chronic illnesses the pediatricians are seeing in…

But there is some evidence that mercury comes out of coal-fired power plants and doesn't blow very far, and so it affects adults and children near the power plants.

One of the most remarkable statements that I have heard in the last few years is the statement by distinguished journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine or the Institute of Medicine, the Trust for America's Health, others, who…

I know that in Tennessee, the estimates are we have a million children, which is most of our children, who are at risk for asthma.

So I am interested in both those issues that the Chairman has mentioned, one being practical steps toward obesity; and two being practical steps to go ahead and clean up the air of sulfur, nitrogen and mercury so that we have healthier…

Well, does that mean we can't take kids to the Natural History Museum, because President Teddy Roosevelt skinned all the animals and used formaldehyde and put them there?

We talk a lot about carbon around here, and I believe carbon is a problem, and we need to deal with it, but we know what to do about sulfur, nitrogen and mercury.

Thanks, Madam Chairman.

I think maybe there was some feeling that, 'Well, if they ask these questions, then they're going to ask more questions.'

Maybe we ought to change that and say that we think that accreditation is not optional for private schools.

I thought Senator Durbin's line of questioning about accreditation was worth pursuing.

But, no, you're not required to be accredited.

Every child deserves a chance to succeed, and education is key.

Oh, no. It is a very useful exercise.

I think that's a line of inquiry I'd like to hear more about today.

I think I asked you earlier, do you know how--

Education is the key to unlocking the potential of our children.

I'm trying to align myself with Senator Durbin, too, so that he'll put more money in for the Opportunity Scholarship Program.

I think it would be very reasonable.