"It seems a little crazy that they had to go through this additional step to try to benefit from this program."
"But that again presupposes that you at the State level are going to better be able to assess that national or international reinsurer's ability to pay off that risk than a Federal regulator, doesn't i..."
"I want to go back to where Senator Corker was heading in trying to understand--I think I have got the frame of the challenge between the State versus the Federal regulation framing."
"the constitutional authority to deal with international trading partners in the E.U. or other parts of the world really lies with the Federal Government"
"There have been incentives proposed, both in the House and Senate as part of most climate packages."
"I would strongly urge--and I for one think in the area of Appalachia that basically developed coal, that powered our economy in the 20th Century, sure would be great if we had a couple of demonstratio..."
"I think you raised a very valid point with Mr. Alix, which is if we're on the cusp of an influction point, why don't the traditional incumbent industries get it?"
"There has not been a cross-brand, you know, really professionally-driven non-governmental approach to this and I think it's a wonderful opportunity."
"I'd like you to comment generally about the approach we're taking which seems to be still putting a lot of the eggs in that single beta site example."
"I think that there has been, while well-intentioned things like EnergyStar and lead certification, but the thinking has not been broad enough, expansive enough."
"We need something to make this user-friendly."