what, for instance, are you doing about hiring the inspectors that you do have in this area with some mass transit or rail experience
I think we all know that rail transportation has not been in the forefront of our transportation security efforts.
I would ask you to go ahead and just take a look at that language which we provided your Congressional affairs folks' office.
I would ask you to see if you can encourage our Mexican friends to also do a little bit more on the Rio Grande.
I find it unacceptable that major Coast Guard law enforcement cutters have an average age of more than 40 years.
It should be the Commission.
I think we ought to have the opportunity as elected officials to make that decision.
I appreciate that. No excuses. I thank you for that.
How is that coming along, your relationship?
The results are just more presence on the international waters called the Rio Grande.
I think Congress needs to take away that authority that they are using.
It is frustrating, our country being the largest emitter of nuclear waste in the world.
I am particularly interested in the Coast Guard's work on three matters related to that region of the country.
the U.S. alone produced 806 billion kilowatt hours of nuclear power in 2008 making us the biggest producer of nuclear power in the world.
We still need somewhere to put the waste 50 or 1,000 years from now.
Some of my colleagues have charged the chair decided to close out the Yucca Mountain licensing review process for some nefarious purpose and...
Six years after its recommendation was made and no actual implementation occurred.
I do think it needs a great deal more work. There is bipartisan support for this.
