mr. westmoreland. mr. westmoreland: thank you. going back to the cement issue, you know threarks a byproduct that comes from power plants, it's called fly ash. fly ash is a product that is a byproduct that comes out of the coal-burning plants and it's used in concrete and it keeps it from setting up so rapidly to allow the people to work with it, to get a good finish on it, takes it longer to set up. in the winter you can either put calcium in the concrete to make it dry harder or to at least make it dry if it's cold outside or you can leave the fly ash out of it and use a bag mix which makes the concrete more expensive. the e.p.a. came out with a rule or they're looking at a rule that would make this fly ash a toxin and so the cement industry, the concrete industry, went to them and said, look, we're mixing this stuff with concrete, once the concrete's poured, it's encased. i mean, you know, it's part of the mix. it's concrete. and so the e.p.a. said, yeah, that makes sense. it's not there but they still were still having hearing

mr. barnes. >> that's absolutely false. it was mel westmoreland, who i mel westmoreland was either appointed by zell miller or elected first. it's a good example of how they stretch the truth, try to make something out of nothing. >> let's move on to the next question from erin haines. >> my combe is for congressman deal. congressman, being governor is about leadership, obviously. during your 18 years in congress, you were the lead sponsor on only seven bills which became law, three of which became post offices and you did not hold leadership during the 18 years you were in congress. why should georgians believe you can rise to the occasion of being governor? >> when i went to congress, i didn't go there to try to get my name on legislation. in fact most of the people that talked to me said we have too we don't want you to get your piece on every legislation. i have been the sponsor and co-sponsor of many important pieces of legislation. i was the co-sponsor of the bill that became known as megan's law, the first real action to protect families fr

mr. barnes. >> that is absolutely false. i did not appoint mel westmoreland.nted by dale miller or he was elected first. it is an example of how to stretch the truth and try to make something out of nothing. >> us move on to the next question. >> my question is for congressman deal. the governor is about leadership, obviously. during your 18 years in congress, you're the lead sponsor of only seven deals that were made law and he did not hold any significant leadership positions. why should georgians believe you can be governor? >> when i went to congress, i did not go there to get my name on legislation. in fact, but to the people who talk to me said they had too many laws already, they did not want me to bring my name on every piece of legislation. i have been the sponsor and co- sponsor of the important pieces of legislation. i was the original co-sponsor on a bill that became known as "megan's law." i was the author of the legislation that saved $10 billion for the first time that you had to prove you're a citizen to be enrolled in the medicaid program. i w