Considering the age of the stockpile and non-proliferation treaties, do you think keeping the LANSCE facility operating in the future will be important for the country?

But pure fusion consumes its waste, doesn't it?

Chairman Rockefeller and Senator Dorgan played key roles in obtaining this new rulemaking authority for the FTC.

We would have been better off putting more money into infrastructure.

Highway 85, as I indicated earlier, is a key lifeline, not just for this community, but, really, for the national effort to reduce our dependence on foreign energy.

Waive them.

I intend to continue to work at the Federal level to bring resources to address the needs here in North Dakota.

The debt has already doubled over the previous 8 years. It is scheduled to double again, rising to more than 100 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States.

There is an economic cost to that.

I argued strenuously for $200 billion of infrastructure.

North Dakota benefited greatly from the last highway bill, which was completed in 2005.

we'd like to thank you, Senator Conrad, for your past support, and we ask that you continue to support our cause

the budget that I wrote that my colleagues have agreed to is designed to meet that need at that higher level

I believe it was absolutely essential to prevent a collapse.

If it was not done, that they believed there would be a global financial collapse.

We're asking for visionary leadership from you, Senator Conrad.

Highway 85 represents a critical lifeline for this energy development, and in that context, it is not just a regional issue or a State issue; it becomes a national concern.

we've got to insist that the next highway bill be paid for, and there is that gap.