It needs to collect that information before imposing the rule, to make sure the benefits in fact outweigh the costs.

My understanding is that nearly all--and that's consistent with this graph--of any alleged health benefits are going to come from the non-mercury elements of this rule.

My concern is more with the ratepayers than it is with the utilities.

the EPA should follow the proper procedures to ensure the alleged benefits of the regulation outweigh the real-world cost.

retrofitting power plants to meet the standards will, as you all know, be prohibitively expensive.

I would suggest to you that if all you have to do... that is a truly radical argument in terms of Federal power.

The power resides with the States best articulated in the 10th Amendment.

That is why federalism is so threatened by this legislation is you completely gut that differential.

I think that is the absolutely dead on, accurate, honest answer. And that means majority rules.

I am disappointed at the specter of politics coming into a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on this very issue.

Once you have allowed, sort of kicked open that door, there is no articulable limit to that power.

I believe what we are doing is we are arguing for States rights when it is politically expedient to do so.

The Constitution as originally written did not limit States. It limited the Federal Government.

I would suggest to you that the proper course is to amend the Constitution if some alternative power is believed to be more necessary or appropriate to our time that was not originally granted to the Federal Government.

Look, Virginia, given our history, is extremely sensitive to racial profiling. We have not had any problem with this, even as some of our localities -- you had Corey Stewart on earlier, Prince William County -- almost 3,000 people have…

Well, it's certainly not being used for political gain. It's a tragedy. And it's happened before in Virginia, Virginia Beach most notably. It -- it really is just one example of the failure of the federal government to move these people…

It's certainly not being used for political gain. It's a tragedy. And it's happened before in Virginia, Virginia Beach most notably. It -- it really is just one example of the failure of the federal government to move these people out.

I'm glad that Secretary Napolitano is looking closely at why this person, who was in their custody, was not processed through or at least held. Obviously, it had terrible consequences here.

Look, Virginia, given our history, is extremely sensitive to racial profiling.

I'm glad that Secretary Napolitano is looking closely at why this person, who was in their custody, was not processed through or at least held.