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We can do more to expand economic activity by removing unnecessary restrictions on capital formation to enhance access to capital for early stage startups as well as later-stage growth companies.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the fact that we are holding this hearing, and I look forward to the information that our witnesses will provide to us, and I welcome the witnesses.

I read with interest your comments yesterday, and, frankly, candid comments, that the regulators will not be ready to issue the rule by the deadline of July.

I said many times that if we do not clean up the legacy of the past, there will not be a nuclear future in this country.

Thank you for taking several of us to Los Alamos and Sandia and the Nevada test site last March.

I have heard many speak recently about potential new cuts or reductions to our nuclear stockpile, and these reports give me great pause.

What a reckless thing to do to take the world and make them believe something that isn't even necessarily true.

I believe you did act in good faith. But the comfort level needs to be raised, I can assure you.

That will get you everywhere.

I didn't vote for the treaty, but the administration almost took me with the promises that it made.

The relationship between you and the other commissioners has been damaging to the reputation of the NRC.

If they believe it is just a political organization and becoming more politicized all the time, then you damage that credibility.

The only thing the NRC has going for it is credibility. Under your leadership, that credibility has been diminished.

I am shocked, Secretary Lyons, that you would tell us that operating on a CR has implications for agencies out there.

I believe it is a very important program, and that is another program where, again, in an austere budget, we tried to keep that as high as possible.

Last year I supported efforts in Congress to increase funding for industry cost-shared programs to help extend the life of the current fleet of reactors.

Wouldn't it be better if we had a steady budget for SMRs?

I am disappointed in the budget overall, not necessarily how you allocated the money, but the request.