that's a pretty good investment moving forward.

So, pay-go does not apply to the healthcare reform bill we are considering?

But would you agree that it might be a good idea to see the details of the proposal and to hear from the Congressional Budget Office what the scoring might be before making a decision about going forward, in light of the President's…

if the President is going to write us a letter and say don't add to the deficit and give us a lecture about pay-go, shouldn't it apply to the healthcare reform bill, which is variously estimated between $1 to $2 trillion in new costs over…

But you would agree that the investment is only a beginning of the amount of money that we may need?

it would be important to know the details of the proposal and the cost of the proposal before we vote on the proposal and act on the proposal, if we are to take, show respect to the President's desire for pay-go and not adding to the…

In Tennessee, for example, Senator Alexander, there is a company, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, which has opened up a solar energy facility that is creating 500 jobs for the State of Tennessee.

I hope that is one of your legacies as Secretary of the Interior, and I would like to work with you on that.

I do think he has an opportunity to leave a great legacy in that area.

Well, if 20 percent of our electricity is wind, that would take 130,000 wind turbines that are 50 stories tall, 2 megawatts each.

We don't want to destroy the environment in the name of saving the environment.

I am very encouraged by the administration's proposal to increase the Teacher Incentive Fund to $487.3 million this year, and I strongly support your request.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to require the developers to put up a bond to take them down if they don't use them anymore?

Only to say to the Senator from North Dakota, we will take some of the elk.

We very much hope you will be able to come to the Great Smoky Mountains 75th anniversary celebration in the fall.

I think what she describes in California is a good indicator of what we hope doesn't happen.

The President sent a letter to Senator Baucus and Senator Kennedy saying that, on June 2, saying that healthcare reform must not add to our deficit over the next 10 years.

I think it is a preposterous idea to take land we have set aside for recreation and scenic and other uses and clutter it with eyesores that don't produce much electricity.

I would like very much for us to have in this country as much renewable energy as we reasonably and appropriately can.

the very idea of coming and putting in 50-story towers with long transmission lines seems to me to be a preposterous notion.

I completely agree with the chairman about fire. It is an essential part of the Forest Service program.

My concern more is with the landscape.

This year we ask that you once again provide funding to programs we believe are crucial for maintaining healthy and abundant bird populations throughout the United States.

I'm not interested in imposing on the State of Tennessee a standard it by itself can't meet.

There's one area I hope you don't act on, and that's on carbon, I think that's more appropriately left to the Congress.