It falls on you to solve the Medicare problem, to solve the tax problem with a reform measure that will either be neutral in revenue or will gain revenue.

If indeed you intend to have a bipartisan solution, then obviously you have to do some of the things we are talking about, some give-and-take.

I want to say to you first, as a former Republican Senator, remember that we put our plan together starting with bipartisan membership.

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

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.

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.

If you introduce a statute, bipartisan, here, if you introduce one, you should do what is recommended here and set up a new company and have the money run through it to do what it is supposed to do with the money.

I believe it's imperative that the committee understands that there is already in existence a law that causes the nuclear utility companies to pay approximately $750 million a year.

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

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.

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…

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