Well, one good thing about that particular site, too, is there are some contractors in and around that site where it has been cleaned, so that there is some economic activity in the local area; it is not just sitting there without any kind…

I want to thank the Huntington Corps for that.

I believe that a retrained coal miner can really move into the aerospace industry quite seamlessly.

It has been very beneficial not only for the environmental effects but for the economic effects as well.

So if that were correct, and I don't disagree with you on that coming from a coal State, but if that is correct, then why are we having policy that is moving us in that direction?

I am not opposed to wind and solar. I think it is unique. I think it's something that makes it truly part of all of the above. I am willing to support that.

I completely agree that we are never going to get to the point where we can depend completely on wind and solar.

It is about making sure that we create great jobs in Iowa.

how can anyone in good conscience say that we are trying to not pick winners and losers here in Washington?

I am a huge skeptic of driverless cars and I am not buying this one iota yet.

I want to thank you for scheduling this hearing and for your work on this important issue.

I want to have more facts. The engineer in me says I need more facts.

Imagine what it would be like if West Virginia stopped producing and delivering energy.

The electric grid is essential to our lives and is also the lifeblood of the economy.

I rise today because of the crisis we have with the country's opiate addictions--prescription drugs--in the Presiding Officer's wonderful State of Alaska, the State of West Virginia, and every other State in the Union. West Virginia has…

first of all, I agree with my friend wholeheartedly. We are asking for a repair. It doesn't make any sense at all to go down the path of repealing until we make an effort to make this better and protect the people who are depending on us…

we want to make sure that with this Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act that we move forward to streamlining the approval to incenting new innovative technologies.

we have made it stronger and I think more viable as we move to hopefully moving this legislation to the floor in the 115th Congress.