I think it is very important. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's work is extremely important to our Country.

I want to make sure there is nothing more you need from Congress in order to achieve the full benefits.

Let me just make sure I have it straight, here.

I am very familiar with that issue.

Mr. Chairman, could I ask that you review the two points that have been raised here about perhaps unnecessary hearings and also the limits, times that are in the law?

Let's get realistic here.

Is there agreement on that?

It's crystal clear that this administration's economic policies are demonstrably, evidently not working. And have not worked for average working men and women.

We don't have experience with losing the infrastructure in a country with 300 million people, most of whom don't live in a way that provides for their own food and other needs.

That should be our responsibility and I would urge this Committee to continue its oversight role and insist that the appropriate studies are done.

Americans a right to expect that their government is ensuring that they can turn on their taps and have water that is safe.

Trace amounts of pharmaceuticals, insecticides, herbicides, cleaning products, as well as chemicals associated with perfume fragrances are being found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, according to an…

I am sitting next to the man who brought community right to know to environmental legislation.

All of the documents should be released to the public now.

Federal officials continue to investigate the effects on human health of the endocrine disruptors found in water.

While we have made considerable strides in cleaning up our Nation's drinking water by significantly reducing large-scale sources of pollution, technological advances in our ability to monitor the concentrations of contaminants in our…

Although these chemicals are found at exceedingly low concentrations, typically less than one part in a billion, the bioaccumulative properties of some of the chemicals, suggest that over time, these chemicals may buildup in the tissue of…

The Potomac River, which serves as the source of drinking water for millions of people who live, work and visit the National Capitol Region, has had serious problems with fish health in recent years.