The classic pollution problems of the past are largely gone. Now, we are talking land-use issues. It's a trickier nut to crack.

Already the three that they've proposed are going to cause serious air pollution problems for Texas. Eight more is breaking the bank for air quality. It is a major step in the wrong direction.

Budgeting one time revenues are a bad idea. There have been problems with past boards and I don't want to see that happen again.

In ways we've looked at pollution in the past, coal has cleaned up. But the bigger problem we face now is carbon dioxide, which clean coal plants still emit.

Our guys were talking about the difference. Nobody used it as an excuse. But at a time of the year when guys are trying to work on things, it might have been a bit of an adjustment for them ? especially since some of them knew they were only going to be in for one inning, and especially for a tall guy like Reitsma.

I think the secretary has made quite clear over the past few days that the ideas and parameters that were discussed in the last few months were President Clinton's parameters, ... And therefore, when he left office, they were no longer a U.S. proposal or a presidential proposal.