One of the things that I think drove up the cost of Seabrook was the fact that Three Mile Island happened in the middle of that construction.

How many reactors do you think it would take to get to those economies of scale?

As you know the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the Secretary of Energy to guarantee loans of up to 80 percent of construction costs for energy projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including nuclear power.

I think it's worth exploring.

The $5 billion that was included in the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act for weatherization, I think is a very important investment.

A $6,500 cap is a challenge for many of those homes.

Now, one of the reasons that we require competitive suppliers to do it is because, when I was Governor, New Hampshire restructured its electric industry to make generation of power a competitive function.

I think that a renewable portfolio standard could be essential to doing that.

I certainly agree with several of you who have talked about the need to move this country in a new energy direction that uses more clean energy technologies and that that's not only an environmental imperative and a national security imperative, it's also an economic imperative.

In 2007, people in New Hampshire--164 New Hampshire towns--passed a resolution calling on Congress and the President to act on climate change in ways to protect the U.S. economy and environment.

It's critical that the United States be a leader in the world.

I am so pleased to be here to give my unqualified endorsement for Doug Wilson as a nominee to this new position.

I look forward to voting on your nominations on the floor of the Senate.

I think it's an indication of the high regard with which he holds you.

I commend the Obama administration for nominating Paul Oostburg Sanz as the next General Counsel of the Navy.

I'm, really, especially proud to be here today to express my strong support for Doug Wilson.

I fully support his nomination and hope that the committee will favorably report him to the full Senate for expeditious consideration.

I have been a big fan of your public service to the country for a very long time as well as your broad knowledge and expertise in this area.