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I do not think anybody with a right mind denies that there are global warming issues.

I just want to say thank you for holding these days of public testimony. I think they are important and I look forward to the testimony of the witnesses.

Mountain bike is not allowed in wilderness areas.

The army eats first--the warriors eat first.

The other side of the coin is just as important.

This is one of those interesting hearings where I find myself in complete agreement so far with every one of my colleagues.

One, to begin with, the premise that AFCE first has shown a D and then a D-minus, I don't think you can get around the fact that we have simply been underinvesting.

The term 'Federal coordinated approach' is an oxymoron.

No matter what happens, no matter what kind of an application is made for use of the land, it is immediately filed by a NEPA lawsuit.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I will be very brief. I really appreciate your holding this and the other hearings that you have scheduled.

The DOE agreed that they would remove the waste. They're doing well. They're keeping up with the contract.

Will these options you refer to--can you tell us what these options are?

But with the utility companies all you have to do is pay a fine.

Unfortunately there's material that is not qualified for the wip site and it was anticipated that that would go into Yucca Mountain.

Let me tell you briefly after a considerable amount of litigation the State and the DOE entered into an agreement whereby the DOE would remove the--all of essentially the nuclear waste that was left over from the cold war.

I appreciate that. But I can tell you that this contract is very clear.

I think that anyone who thinks that Israel hasn't thought this through and has an idea of where they're going to go with this, I think would be very naive.

I think, however, that, given what we know, it seems to me a reasonable conclusion that that's where Israel will wind up on this.