I sometimes think about people appearing before a Federal judge, some of whom have limited life experience in a courtroom...

Thank you for the courtesy. I wanted to have the opportunity to reintroduce Dr. Macfarlane to our Committee.

The Dodd-Frank Act is an extraordinarily important act to make sure that we never get into a financial crisis such as we had before.

We have a serious problem in this country and that problem is this wide gap between what those at the top are making and those in the middle are making in terms of income.

We need a nominee who will take a thoughtful approach to addressing these issues and we need a nominee that will recognize that the regulations beyond Tier 1 can be costly to the industry and yield in terms of actual safety benefits.

The Washington vision is a vision that says nuclear energy must take a back seat to other forms of energy, despite the industry's proven track record of reliability and affordability.

Since I came to the Senate, I have worked closely with my colleagues to ensure that nuclear energy can continue to be a vital part of America's energy mix.

I believe we need a nominee who would proceed cautiously on these proposals.

I believe that collegiality has returned to the NRC under your leadership and I want to thank you for that.

Thank you for the leadership you have shown in restoring the type of collegiality that is critically important for the Commission.

I am concerned with the amount of resources being dedicated to addressing new regulations related to Fukushima, that there is a possibility that the NRC will fail to address potential safety issues that exist at our plants today.

I have long been a supporter of Yucca Mountain and I continue to believe that the project should move forward.

If there is one thing that we must not miss about this unspeakably evil episode, it is that Kermit Gosnell is not an anomaly in this gruesome Fortune 500 enterprise of killing unborn children.

Where do we draw the line? Because I think as legislation is developed, and your testimony is that you do not want and it is not appropriate to capture the community pharmacists who are compounding.

I am intrigued by the part of your written testimony which lays out a proposed risk-based framework for a new legislative approach to compounding to ensure patient safety and health.

Thank you very much, Chairman Stewart, and welcome to our witnesses, Mr. Myers and Mr. Kirchner.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims of the powerful and devastating tornado that just days ago swept through the state of Oklahoma.

I join the Chairman in saying that our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims of the powerful and devastating tornado that just days ago swept through the State of Oklahoma.