I don't see a lot of excitement in the State of New Mexico, in listening to their Senators.

I appreciate the important work that you do.

We are going to try.

Let me tell you, contrary to popular belief, that the reason Congress has concern about the dilute and dispose alternative is not because of our concern about the South Carolina delegation.

Mr. Fleischmann, I know the programs feel that the new organization, if you like, kind of better aligns what they are trying to do.

why is the administration committed to leaving that power in the ground?

the administration's war on coal has left 10,000 coal miners in my district laid off.

this budget request does not make the necessary investments in achieving that goal.

you have ignored congressional direction in favor of the priorities set by extreme environmental groups and the EPA.

Your budget request is down, how much was it, $132 million from last year. That means $132 million less commitment to nonproliferation, according to some people.

At some point in time, the State of Idaho, and I suspect all of the States that have had agreements with DOE that are older, are going to have to sit down and say, 'Okay, now what do circumstances require that we do and still meet the…

I think that the people of Idaho are very supportive of what Naval Reactors is doing and I do not hear any complaints.

I hope we can have some input from you before then about what direction you might be heading as we try to put our bill together probably early next month maybe, hopefully.

After analyzing how this is proposed to occur, I was disappointed that Mission Innovation favors the EERE account when compared to other energy technologies.

I have seen too many times the Department head down a road over the years and get halfway down that road and find a fork and decide it doesn't want to go.

Do you make a recommendation in that regard?

The reason I ask that is, have the Russians agreed to this in more than just 'Yeah, we think we could probably go along with that'?

What I would need to see, frankly, is a signed agreement with Russia that this is going to be okay, because I want to know what I am getting into.