Now, I have read something by the CEO of AREVA, the French concern that does nuclear, they claim that now they reduce waste down to a quarter of what the waste would be with their reprocessing.

I am struck in your report that you are even pessimistic about the ability of a closed nuclear fuel cycle to make a difference right now.

Now, let me ask you, if--it does seem though if we are going to commit, as the President has committed, to building some new nuclear power plants, that one, it would be a logical time if we do have that technology to integrate the two.

Transportation has always been a bipartisan issue in Congress.

I believe there is much work to be done.

I am deeply grateful for the leadership of Chairman Tiberi and Congressman McDermott, the lead sponsors of ASRA.

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we cannot lose sight of what makes America, I think, essentially a really extraordinary country which are these entrepreneur, small businesses.

I think our country is very focused broadly on this and they understand the potential that is out there if we get some of this stuff right.

We have got to make sure that we are starting out getting to the end.

It is not just making a few investors wealthy. That is not the goal of this Committee.

As the world starts creating a broader middle class, I mean, America can, small businesses, begin selling our products.

we have to decide whether our bill is going to be focused on just growth so that a small number of people just continue to get wealthier or if it is going to be growth and other things so that we strengthen the middle class.

I am not a venture capitalist but I am a policymaker and what I want is a country that is exceedingly wealthy but that everyone shares in it according to their merit and their ability.

we cannot rest on our laurels and I guess that is the main point that I wanted to make.

you can thank you Senator Carl Levin, who promoted that idea

We are not going to wait until there is the perfect bill.

It is trying to honor that spirit that you just described in the best way possible, expanding the middle class.