similar plants in china, japan, korea, brazil, great britain, spain, france, italy, austria, portugal, romania, and slovakia, mr. president. slovakia. but the united states has not yet acted on a program that has been effective around the world when we have some many small businesses right now whose futures are hanging in the balance. this is something supported by business and labor. and of course, the auto dealers. i am also pleased that it is now supported by the sierra club. we know that from environmental standpoint, there is more they can do. in terms of the environment, this is a win. cars and trucks sold under this will be more fuel efficient and cleaner than a car or truck it replaces. that is a fact. this bill will save 133 gallons of gasoline per vehicle per year. it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.4 5 million metric tons. models in 1998 or earlier will account for 25% of the cars driven, but 75% of the tailpipe emissions. if we can get vehicles that are worth $4,500 or less off the road, they can no longer pollutes, and people buy a vehicle that is 22 miles a gallon or mo

plans and china got in japan, korea, brazil, great britain, spain, france, italy, austria, portugal, romania and slovakia, mr. president, slovakia. but the united states hasn't yet acted on a program that has been effective for bell world when we have so many small businesses right now who literally whose futures are hanging in the balance. this is something supported by business and labor by the u.s. chamber of commerce and national association of manufacturers and of course autodialers and i also very pleased that it is now supported by the sierra club. we know that from an environmental standpoint there is always more that we can do. but we know that this move cells in the right direction. in terms of the environment this is a win with every single new car that is sold. every car under this program will be more efficient, will be cleaned in a car or truck it replaces and that is a fact. this bill will save 133 gallons of gasoline per vehicle per year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.45 million metric tons. in 2010 vehicles, model year 1998 or earlier will account for 25% of the mi

similar plans in china, japan, korea, brazil, great britain, spain, france, italy, austria, portugal, romania, and slo slovokia, mr. president. slovokia. but the united states has not yet acted on a program that has been effective around the world when we have so many small businesses right now literally whose futures are hanging in the balance. this is something supported by business and labor, by the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers and, of course, the auto dealers. i'm also very, very pleased that it is now supported by the sierra club. we know that from an environmental standpoint, there's always more we can do. but we know that this moves us in the right treks. in terms of the environment, this is a win with everything single -- with every single new car that is sold. every new car or truck sold under this program will be more fuel efficient, will be cleaner than a car or truck it replaces. and that is a fact. this bill will save 133 gallons of gasoline per vehicle per year. and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.45 million metric tons. in 2010, ve

we are talking about drugs coming in from estonia, romania, bulgaria, et cetera, et cetera, and you move to the mideast and it gets shaky. we had that one case and you'll remember it, i think, senator mikulski that, bottle or prescription bottle that came in from iraq, of all places. so i think it is a very real threat. my modification since i have missed the deadline on the amendments, but again i thought we were going to do this under the coverage section and my deadline on the amendment on that would be next week. it simply says this act shall become effective only if the secretary certifies to the congress that the implementation of this act will oppose no additional risk to the public's health and safety and result in a significant reduction in the cost of covered products to the american consumer. it's that section a that is absolutely essential if i'm going to support this amendment, although i know exactly what the senator from arizona is trying to do. i respect that. i don't mean to throw a clinker in here or be a johnny-come-lately, but i did want to share the concern of the se