This rule is a bad bet for the public.

Unfortunately, there is a misunderstanding when we first put the language in, and a lot of people thought it was something where we were taking on another Libya or that kind of situation.

As the President said when he was running for office, under his plan electricity costs would necessarily skyrocket.

We are looking at the end of the rope. We are suffering, and we don't need another hammer on our head.

Cap and trade was defeated, thanks to the U.S. Senate.

I am glad to say that we convinced this body to vote 97 to 1 against it.

I have often looked at what we are trying to do with the LRA as kind of a 1206/1208 train-and-equip type of thing, that we are assisting them.

I sit back and I see that it is accepted now that we in the United States have the largest recoverable reserves of oil, gas, and coal of any place in the world.

Our problem is a political problem that won't allow us to exploit our own resources.

I'm anxious to see progress on the renomination of Commissioner Svinicki.

Ensuring the safe use of nuclear energy is a very serious job.

the point I am trying to make here is what happened over there and what happens here, we are talking about two totally different things.

Thank you, Chairman Boxer, for holding this hearing and focusing on implementing the lessons learned from Fukushima.

I can't support issuing this license as if Fukushima had never happened.

I just came to apologize for not being here.

The public is best served by a commission that functions collectively and collegially to pool their expertise.

Improvements based on some of the things we have done?

I disagree with everything he is saying.