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I think that is the proper role of government, it is do those things that need to be done...

I hope you know that those Republicans and Democrats are a little flustered by what is being proposed here.

I know that you support the President's budget, and that is kind of what you have to do.

I think that is one of the highlights of our cleanup program.

The question is whether they are willing to do it.

You might not understand this, but Representative Newhouse and I are really good friends.

We are looking down through. There are some incentives we are looking at right now.

It is just not working. People have got to get out of their niches and start looking at what we want to do in the future.

I take very seriously the Federal Government's responsibility to remove nuclear, radioactive, and other hazardous waste materials from communities like Oak Ridge and other communities around the country.

I doubt very seriously that this committee is going to go along with the budget request. And, hopefully, I think we can have a 302(b) where we can address the deficiencies that are in this budget that are seen both by Republicans and…

I would like to yield my 5 minutes to Mr. Calvert, who has a defense hearing at 3:00.

The Federal Government has a responsibility to clean up five decades of nuclear weapons development and production.

I can't believe that--or I can believe the savings that will come from not having to refuel these when you have life-of-the-ship reactors.

I think Congresswoman Kaptur said last year that this is the biggest infrastructure bill we have.

Everything you do is as important to national defense as defense is.

Thank you, just a couple more questions.

What matters is executing on the mission and putting together the team that can best achieve that.

Thank you, Madam Chair.