the more you get off of energy from foreign countries that hate us means we get more money staying in our economy here

Yes. He would be among the top two.

American leadership is in demand more so than ever before to get this done.

Do you tolerate certain acts as acceptable as long as it is leading to catching a bigger fish?

I would just simply submit that history is a nice guide, but we are in a much more complex negotiating environment with many very difficult 21st century issues.

I would like you all to look into.

The Oversight Subcommittee of Ways and Means has had multiple hearings looking at improper payments in various areas of the Tax Code.

We know from experience where this story leads, and it does not end well for the American taxpayers.

This is not what you would do to stimulate economic growth.

What is increasingly clear is that even if this system works as intended, there is a potential nightmare scenario developing for the 2015 tax filing season.

$220 billion over 10 years is significant; and this is just one piece in a budget problem that we have.

As with many other problems - from stimulus to healthcare.gov--the Administration prefers to spend taxpayer dollars first and ask questions later. The White House took a poorly written law and implemented it incompetently. At the end of…

I can't say what I want to say. You know, defenders of the President's health care law claim the problems we are talking about today are predictable challenges in implementing new programs.

I would urge the Commission to face that.

I think it is a lot of semantics being used, quite frankly, to confuse and scare the public.

I want to reState what I said. The Chairman was sort of suggesting that I was saying that a decommissioned site, a run of the mill industrial site doesn't need concern, doesn't need a lot of careful regulation.

The obvious question is, why not?

Thank you, Chairman Boxer, for convening today's hearing and I want to thank our NRC commissioners for your work, your dedication and for being here to testify.