Pete Domenici

I want each one of you to know I am trying to look you right in the eyes and tell you that, in the U.S. Senate, you happen to be the super committee.

It cries out for reform, even if we did not have a fiscal crisis. It cries out for reform. It is a mess.

Unless you fix Medicare, you cannot fix this deficit.

To redress the balance between the Government acting in its discretionary capacity and the individual

I think you ought to--in response to your question, I would suggest that the committee take a good look at the reality of military waste or defense waste.

Let me say, Senator, in setting up the corporation, we provide the best possible way that we know, around here at least, to get good people on that board, the board of directors of that company will be appointed by the President, confirmed…

A concern was raised there, no, no, that wouldn't be a smart thing to do or an appropriate thing to do until we have a determination that we're going to use Yucca Mountain as a permanent site.

You don't want to structure a system for handling nuclear waste that increases the amount of transportation involved.

I believe in the report that we recommended that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission establish now a safety standard that any site must meet.

I hope the two of you, as a chairman and ranking member, see fit to introduce a bill that carries out the purposes, and that you back it.

We've already had communities come and ask us--and Senator Bingaman, you must know that your constituents, many of them, are already exploring with the communities of Carlsbad and Hobbs, et cetera, unifying to apply to this when it's ready.

The second one is that this recommendation says that the location shall be consensual.