I don't think the staff should attempt to set policy on a matter on which the Commission has not yet reached a conclusion.

As you have just read, releasing the SER is the very next action for the NRC to take.

Great. Thank you. This committee has previously established that NRC has enough funding to complete and release the SER in our February 28, 2013, so we are not going to allow you to commingle this financial debate based upon other…

I am concerned the Commission risks undermining this balance by shifting to an unlimited application of the defense-in-depth philosophy in reaction to the Fukushima accident.

I expect some of my colleagues will likely share some additional concerns with your response.

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Meeting those challenges will not be easy.

I believe we should do better.

We can build on the over $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction we've already achieved.

It would make the country less secure at home, and reduce our ability to protect the Nation’s borders.

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We need to certainly be modernizing the CH-47s, but we can't do that in a time of budget restrictions if we are continuing to waste those dollars.

We have a force that has a National Guard where 50 percent of its Black Hawk helicopters are still alpha models and have been in service for a good 30 years.

I am concerned especially with sequestration.