I think it is really a political issue as much as an economic issue.

I agree with your characterization. It is just very poor business, very poor practices in terms of making sure that consumers were contacted, that they were appropriately treated, that all the legalities were observed, et cetera.

Well, my first best is that the debt limit gets increased promptly and that we have a real solution for our longer-term fiscal problems.

If it is illegal, what have you done to cajole the prosecutors to do something about it?

It would be a self-inflicted wound, I would say.

This would be very bad for jobs.

I think it was a mistake to shut down Yucca Mountain, but I don't see that changing any time soon.

We have to come up with a way to reprocess beyond the French.

I would urge you to think outside the box and there are a bunch of companies out there who are dying to get into this business.

I yield to the gentleman from Kansas. He comes from an energy background--supplying parts to the energy production field.

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What would happen if we had a hurricane? We're in hurricane season, and we've released 30 billion gallons from the reserve. Wasn't that there for that purpose?

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We're about out of time. I just wanted to thank my colleagues for understanding and expressing very clearly that we have the resources in this country to meet our energy needs. We need to put America back to work, harvesting those as a…

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