People in New Hampshire say to me, where are the indictments? Who is looking, and is there ever going to be anybody who has to pay for this?

The American public wants accountability. We want accountability, and I think we also want to make sure that it is not just a lesson learned.

That is our responsibility in Congress, to ask that.

But also looking forward, how do we, how do we look into our future and figure out how to reduce our dependence on oil.

I have been listening to the conversation here, and I have to say that I had the great joy of living in Louisiana, and I find it a beautiful state full of wonderful people.

If we think this is a problem now, imagine what it would be like if we had some kind of problem where people couldn't access food.

So to say that we don't have problems from just, say, the actual drilling moment, and then not pay attention to what happens with the product when we transport it.

My reaction is, it's a genuine and sincere effort to try to free up the credit markets and especially to balance the -- and get balance into the real estate markets, which is at the core of the financial problems.

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?

New Hampshire, as you may know, is home to the Seabrook nuclear power plant, which I believe was the last power plant licensed in the United States and actually constructed and operating.

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 would like to commend the Army for its hard work and initiative in developing the Third Generation Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (GEN III ECWCS).

I think it's worth exploring.

I have been working to fix this inequity since I came to Congress 2 years ago, and I look forward to working with you to pass a budget that will give the VA the resources needed to provide more medical care to our New Hampshire veterans.

There are many families that really should receive this, must receive it, but they don't fall inside the strict eligibility program.

Now, with a new Administration and President, we have the opportunity to develop a budget that is both honest in our assessment of the country's finances and adequately reflects the needs of the country.

These choices must be made in the face of an economic crisis and years of harmful cuts and inadequate funding for critical programs by the previous administration.