It is important that we do.

Joe Biden famously said, "Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I will tell you what you value."

I want to thank Senator Capito for suggesting that we have at least one hearing early this year that focuses on the major source of carbon-free electricity in this Country of ours, and that is nuclear power.

my mom raised my sister and me to believe in practicing the Golden Rule, treat other people the way we want to be treated.

Whoever came up with that, I take my hat off to them. I am not big for acronyms, but this is a good one: Sensible Timely Relief for America's Nuclear Districts Economic Development, the STRANDED Act, for short.

there are provisions that actually do, tax provisions provide production tax credits that are, my staff and I and others on this committee were involved in.

My hope is that we can buildupon and improve the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act which became law in 2019.

The NRC is expected to finalize this framework, not by 2027, but actually I have learned this last week, by 2024, about 3 years ahead of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act's deadlines.

The pitch, well-telegraphed, is right here, in the ideas. We always look on this committee, more than probably any committee in the Senate, as much as any committee in the Senate, we look on ways to find consensus, even where there is a…

the role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.

I believe one of the primary roles of government is to help create a nurturing environment for job creation and job preservation.

Thanks for your leadership over all these years on trying to get us to a place where we have safe, clean nuclear energy and do it in ways that are smart.

the idea that they are shutting down their nuclear power plants so that they can buy natural gas from Russia, not a good idea.

The numbers don't lie. As I said earlier, nuclear energy is by far the largest source of reliable, clean energy in our Country, generating over half of our Nation's carbon-free electricity.

I ask unanimous consent, for myself as Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics and for Senator Lankford, vice chairman of the committee, that the Annual Report of the Select Committee on Ethics for calendar year 2021 be printed in the…

NATO countries would respond harshly and swiftly if Russia chooses to invade Ukraine.

An unprovoked attack would leave one to five million people as either refugees or internally displaced.

Today, the Chancellor and I discussed our close cooperation and developed a strong package of sanctions that clearly demonstrate international resolve and impose swift and severe consequences if Russia violates Ukraine's sovereignty and…