the indonesian rain forest is cut down for pom oil, another issue all together. >> two questions, one for lawrence and mark? please? [laughter] >> okay. >> lawrence, should the republicans demand that the epa be lowered as they want to have obama pass the budget? that's one question. >> one at a time, and then we'll get to the next one. >> could you repeat that question? >> repeat that please. >> the republicans want to lower epa standards to pass the budget because it'll help the economy. how do you feel about that? >> put simply, that's short sided. [laughter] [applause] >> matt, do you want to say something about the epa budget? >> 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 profi