31.   Consumer groups agree, and want the Legislature to step in.

32.   Consumer groups agree, saying the SEC would not give its oversight board enough independence from the accounting profession.

33.   Consumer groups agree.

34.   Dick Davidson, president of the Washington-based American Hospital Association, said the hospital group agrees with the thrust of the Institute of Medicine recommendations.

35.   Environmental groups also agree that the air is cleaner but are approaching the proposal with caution.

36.   Etheridge said the group agreed not to address gun control in their research, instead focusing on other aspects of youth violence.

37.   Environmental groups generally agree with that.

38.   Federico Pena, the energy secretary, said manufacturers and energy conservaiton groups had agreed to the new standard.

39.   For example, both groups could have agreed, as originally proposed by some ministers, to hold a meeting to pray for Wilkerson.

40.   Getting these groups to agree on such principles is no small achievement.