The actions of these four Commissioners since the Fukushima nuclear disaster has caused a regulatory meltdown that has left America's nuclear fleet and general public at risk.

If the NRC doesn't do its job, if the American people feel that they are not being protected... you are going to see more of these moves across the country.

What does surprise me is that the White House appears to condone such behavior, dismissing it as mere 'management differences.'

I hope going forward you will focus on safety. We will focus on safety. And stay away from the politics of personal destruction.

Nuclear safety has historically been a bipartisan issue, and I believe the agency and the public are best served when that is the case.

I think when you read the report, and you see that the person who answers to you, Mr. Chairman, is the one who is responsible for sending out the statement from this Committee...

But we are not interested in--if these other four Commissioners are whistleblowers, I don't want to be part of demonizing them.

The idea that an official spokesman for the agency would encourage the media to read a report that is clearly designed to denigrate four Commissioners, to attack the agency's credibility, and to undermine public confidence, I think it is…

I seriously doubt he would--anyway.

I can't tell you how stunned and appalled I am, and I will use the same characterizations, I suppose, as the Chairman, although I am on the other side of this.

Let me just say, Chairman Jaczko, that when you were first talked about and discussed in this position, I was at a deluge of people coming to me and saying he should not, you should not be in this position, because you are bringing your…

Madam President, one of the things about a debate such as this is that I have something I always do, and that is I will sit down and cross off things I was going to say that somebody else has already said. Unfortunately, almost everything…

Millions of Americans are jobless. In response, the House of Representatives has passed more than 20 jobs bills. This past July, the North American-Made Energy Security Act urged President Obama to issue a final permitting decision on the…

The issue still remains though, the day-to-day operation of nuclear safety, and the decisions that you make are significant in this.

the biggest problems facing communities and counties and cities in Oklahoma is not crime on the streets, it is unfunded mandates.

We have a program, the Credit Reserve Enhancement Program, that we are considering.

one of the reasons I so appreciate this Committee, this Committee has the largest jurisdiction of any committee in the Senate, Environment and Public Works.

Oklahomans agree on: we need to invest in our water infrastructure.