There seems to be more traction toward moving forward with housing reform than there has been at any point during the 5-year conservatorship...
Given this circumstance, we must use this opportunity to concentrate on building consensus around ending the conservatorships while building...
We need to get into them, and we need to get them resolved in some good ways.
I wish every single one of our Federal programs could operate in the same way.
I view this as a major issue, and I do not view them as cooperating with us.
What does that do to our credibility? You know, that concerns me.
You cannot have an ounce of compassion in you and not be moved tremendously by what is happening there. It is awful. It is horrendous.
the Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should comply with the law passed in 2002 approving Yucca Mountain as the repositor...
Idaho has an agreement with the Department of Energy as a given date on which the material has to be moved.
H.R. 876 is an important issue in the State of Idaho.
First of all, I want to thank Senator Tester for his efforts on the Mount Jefferson bill.
This particular bill recognizes those facilities, extends to them the grandfather rights that they should have had.
Congress isn't very good at fixing mistakes that they make sometimes in a bill.
As you know when we talked I'm troubled by the fact that we have, we're a Nation of laws.
But the question is what's the alternative?
We have this law. I've read the report. The report is, as you suggest, or we're waiting for a stampede of people to show up.
We go around the world criticizing other countries who don't obey their own laws that they're not nations of laws.
I think everyone agrees with you.
