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Tristan Roche of Olympia, Wash., stops to take a picture of a Tesla parked near the Capitol on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. The electric car company, which has sales and service operations in Seattle and Bellevue, held a rally to protest measures being considered by the Legislature that would prevent it from opening additional facilities in the state. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

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A Tesla car drives near the Washington state Capitol on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. The electric car company, which has sales and service operations in Seattle and Bellevue, held a rally to protest measures being considered by the Legislature that would prevent it from opening additional facilities in the state. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

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FILE This Feb. 17, 2009 file photo shows President Barack Obama picking up the first pen to sign the economic stimulus bill during a ceremony in the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. The White House says a costly spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law five years ago Monday was good for the economy and helped the U.S. avoid another Great Depression. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, a warning placard appears on a tank car carrying crude oil near a loading terminal in Trenton, N.D. Trains carrying millions of gallons of explosive liquids, including crude oil, are likely to continue rolling through major cities despite the government’s urging to steer the shipments around population centers in the wake of several accidents, according to industry experts. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013, file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. Trains carrying millions of gallons of explosive liquids, including crude oil, are likely to continue rolling through major cities despite the government’s urging to steer the shipments around population centers in the wake of several accidents, according to industry experts. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

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Frank Fischer, Chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen Group of America, left, speaks on behalf of the company after it was announced that Volkswagen employees voted to deny representation by the United Auto Workers union, as Gary Casteel, UAW Region 8 Director, looks on from behind, concluding a three day election which ended this evening Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry) THE DAILY CITIZEN OUT; NOOGA.COM OUT; CLEVELAND DAILY BANNER OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT

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Customer Paxton Berlanga, of Indiana, right, smells a strain of marijuana, while being helped by employee Billy Archilla, inside the retail marijuana shop at 3D Cannabis Center, in Denver, Friday Feb. 14, 2014. The marijuana industry breathed a sigh of relief Friday after federal banking regulators issued long-awaited permission for them to access basic banking services. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Marijuana is stored in bins for trimming and packaging in preparation to be sold retail at 3D Cannabis Center, in Denver, Friday Feb. 14, 2014. The marijuana industry breathed a sigh of relief Friday after federal banking regulators issued long-awaited permission for them to access basic banking services. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Customers, left to right, Alli Bertucci, Patrick Bean, and Ali Regan shop for marijuana inside the retail store at 3D Cannabis Center, in Denver, Friday Feb. 14, 2014. The marijuana industry breathed a sigh of relief Friday after federal banking regulators issued long-awaited permission for them to access basic banking services. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Railroad oil tanker cars are parked along Interstate 787 in downtown Albany, N.Y., on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. The Port of Albany has become a hub for the U.S. oil business, taking shipments from North Dakota's Bakken Shale daily by mile-long trains and shipping it in tankers down the Hudson River to refineries. Opponents of a proposal to build boilers to liquefy heavy crude passing through Albany by rail are drawing attention to the capital’s emergence as a major hub for the transport of oil that’s widely considered risky from an environmental and safety standpoint. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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A truck waits as railroad oil tanker cars arrive at the Port of Albany on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. The Port of Albany has become a hub for the U.S. oil business, taking shipments from North Dakota's Bakken Shale daily by mile-long trains and shipping it in tankers down the Hudson River to refineries. Opponents of a proposal to build boilers to liquefy heavy crude passing through Albany by rail are drawing attention to the capital’s emergence as a major hub for the transport of oil that’s widely considered risky from an environmental and safety standpoint. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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A view from a nearby apartment building shows vehicles driving along Interstate 787 past railroad oil tanker cars that are lined up at Global Partners at the Port of Albany on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. The Port of Albany has become a hub for the U.S. oil business, taking shipments from North Dakota's Bakken Shale daily by mile-long trains and shipping it in tankers down the Hudson River to refineries. Opponents of a proposal to build boilers to liquefy heavy crude passing through Albany by rail are drawing attention to the capital’s emergence as a major hub for the transport of oil that’s widely considered risky from an environmental and safety standpoint. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Railroad oil tanker cars are parked at a Global Partners building at the Port of Albany on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, Albany, N.Y.The Port of Albany has become a hub for the U.S. oil business, taking shipments from North Dakota's Bakken Shale daily by mile-long trains and shipping it in tankers down the Hudson River to refineries. Opponents of a proposal to build boilers to liquefy heavy crude passing through Albany by rail are drawing attention to the capital’s emergence as a major hub for the transport of oil that’s widely considered risky from an environmental and safety standpoint. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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A railroad oil tanker car is parked along Interstate 787 in downtown Albany, N.Y., on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. The Port of Albany has become a hub for the U.S. oil business, taking shipments from North Dakota's Bakken Shale daily by mile-long trains and shipping it in tankers down the Hudson River to refineries. Opponents of a proposal to build boilers to liquefy heavy crude passing through Albany by rail are drawing attention to the capital’s emergence as a major hub for the transport of oil that’s widely considered risky from an environmental and safety standpoint. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 17, 2009, file photo, shoppers are reflected in the window as they walk past an Eddie Bauer store, in Seattle. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. said Friday, Feb. 14. 2014, it is buying the parent company of Eddie Bauer in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $825 million that will help strengthen its men's wear business and diversify its offerings. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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This undated photo provided by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency shows the historic district in Galena, Ill. Located in Jo Daviess County, it is one of the more than two dozen Illinois buildings and downtown districts that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency)

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Vehicles are piled up in an accident Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Bensalem, Pa. Traffic accidents involving multiple tractor trailers and dozens of cars have completely blocked one side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Philadelphia and caused some injuries. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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This undated photo provided by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency shows the historic district in Plainfield, Ill. Located in Will County, it is one of the more than two dozen Illinois buildings and downtown districts that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency)

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This undated photo provided by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency shows the Zoe Theater in Pittsfield, Ill. Located in Pike County, is one of the more than two dozen Illinois buildings and downtown districts that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency)

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This undated photo provided by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency shows the Pure Oil Station in Geneva, Ill. Located in Kane County, the building is in the Tudor Revival stye and is one of the more than two dozen Illinois buildings and downtown districts that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency)