Lamar Alexander

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

I hope there's one area, Administrator Jackson, that you do act on promptly, and that's the clean air interstate rule for the Eastern United States.

I can't think of any position I'd rather have in this Senate than the one I've got, unless it was yours, Madam Chairman.

I thought President Obama's first instinct was a good one when he said that we should look forward.

It would be typical of Government to start out and build a lot of high-speed rail.

I don't know very much about this.

I always welcome the addition of Governors to the Senate and to the administration. I think it brings a can-do spirit to the Nation's capital that we always like to see.

I am very supportive of NOAA's recent decision to locate its supercomputer for climate change research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

I thought President Obama's first instinct was a good one when he said that we should look forward.

I would like to encourage you and the administration to support the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement and let us get that settled and behind us.

There is a very bipartisan focus on that and strong support out in the country for those efforts.

I think it brings a can-do spirit to the Nation's capital that we always like to see.

The AIG bonuses make the president subject to the charge that he's living above the store, but not minding it.

I understand, Mr. Chairman, but doesn’t someone need to step forward and say, 'I will fix the banks,' and I will do A, B, and C, the same way President Eisenhower said, 'I will go to Korea,' to build the kind of confidence back in our…

If I may interrupt just a minute to specify, the first risk is that you do not get your money back.

I would like to hear President Obama say, 'I will fix the banks.'

Bob, you know more about the rules than I ever will. I will make a deal with you. I will not surprise you if you do not surprise me.

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that I be added as a co-sponsor.

I hope you will focus on carbon-free solutions and be careful about what we often call renewable solutions.

It is impossible in Tennessee for the communities of Knoxville, Chattanooga, for example, to meet their attainment standards.

We need a new CAIR Rule and we need a new rule on mercury, and they need to be, we need them soon.

I hope this new administration views the Department of Transportation as a key player on its climate and energy team.

I was very innocent, and I nearly got my head taken off by the Democratic majority, which included Senator Kennedy, Senator Harkin, and a number of others.

Does the new administration, and do you, support Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act?

We think there is a lot of room to be gained in our energy efficiency and conservation program.