We are delighted to see you here. I remember when they were just getting started, nobody had ever heard of them.

What we have done is we use the intern program. It is almost like in baseball, like the farm system, single A, double A, triple A, and then finally, the major leagues.

I think all that is critical. I agree with the comments that both you and Senator Capito made about how critical the existing fleet and future reactors are going to be to achieving our climate goals and our energy security goals.

the clean energy provisions, that Senator Cardin and I led on.

I have been waiting forever for fusion. I am glad I lived long enough to see the day come when it is going to be real, and it is going to help us meet our energy needs here and around the world.

God knows we face plenty of adversity on so many fronts, but we have way too much carbon in the air, and it is getting worse.

This record, if continued, will severely curtail the outlook for nuclear energy in our future, cede international markets to Russia and China, and limit the Commission's ability to deliver upon the vision set out by Congress at the dawn of…

Continuing down a path that would seem to follow from that past record will unnecessarily limit the deployment of safe nuclear energy and threaten America's security and economic competitiveness.

The NRC is considered, as I have already mentioned, to be the world's gold standard for nuclear regulatory agencies. I am proud of that; I think every member of this Committee is proud of that.

As the United States and other countries around the world work to combat climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, interest is growing in maintaining operating reactors and deploying new nuclear reactors that can help us meet our…

We have 14 former Governors now who serve in the U.S. Senate. It is a growing cabal of recovering Governors.

I had the privilege of spending a few minutes with Commissioner Baran earlier this week.

I introduced the Sudan Democracy Act last year to reflect the urgent need to hold these military leaders accountable.

We cannot allow the civilian leadership of the groups that led the brave uprising that overthrew Omar Al-Bashir to be shoved aside.

I am concerned that this cumulative record, Commissioner Baran's votes, and the policies he has supported, may not align with what Congress expects, and the Nation needs and deserves, with respect to nuclear power.

It's going to be chaotic for a while. And, as an example, as I raised in the meeting, when they said, 'Well, we're going to cut, and no spending more money.' So what the hell happens? If you cut -- you're going to cut people at the border…

There’s a Republican Party and there’s the MAGA Republicans. And the MAGA Republicans really have put him in a position where, in order to stay speaker, he has to agree – he’s agreed to things that maybe he believes but are just extreme.

We’re not a deadbeat nation. We pay our bills.