ms. pingree. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from maine is recognized for two minutes. ms. pingree: i thank the gentleman from florida for his eloquent words and allowing me a moment to speak on the floor. madam speaker, the train act will repeal two critical clean air standards. the proposed mercury and air toxic standards and the final cross state air pollution rule for power plants that burn coal and oil. i'm from the state of maine and maine is the tailpipe of the nation for most spheric pollution. nearly 130,000 people in maine have been diagnosed with asthma. and yesterday in my office, i met with a wonderful young man named jake, one of 28,000 children in the state of maine who suffer from asthma. i also met with his parents, small business owners who struggle to pay more than $1,000 a month in insurance and medication to keep jake healthy. since 1970, the clean air act has saved hundreds of thousands of lives and decreased air pollution by 60%. implementing clean air standards will mean fewer kids and parents will struggle with lifelong costs of dirty air. improved s