>> two words, if jim morrisson showed up, he'd be shocked. the epa has done a world of good making our cities livable, healthier places, and there's huge economic benefits from that that the republicans should factor in, in houston as well. [applause] >> you know, the really great progress that was made on environmental issues all happened in the 70s, oddly enough under nixon, the clean air and endangered species, and we've been living off of them and profiting from them ever since and kind of taken them for granted. we really haven't progressed much from the 70 #s in terms of legislation, but we've greatly benefited from that legislation, and i think it's made a lot of people just kind of lackadaisical about environmental issues in forgetting how hard these things were fought for and how important they are. >> well, i think it's true that the big laws were passed 30 years ago, but actually there's been a lot of revisions and regulations and new air pollution laws since then, and particularly in california, so -- >> the basis -- >> nobody's b