I wish the Obama administration luck in their strategy of playing out these talks for the next 2 years.

I look forward to working with Senator Menendez, Chairman Shelby, and other Members of this Committee to build a bipartisan veto-proof majority to enact the Kirk-Menendez Iran legislation to decisively end Iran's nuclear threat once and…

we are negotiating with a party that does not actually have the power to conclude any kind of deal that we would actually want.

Zarif represents the Iranian regime. And, Zarif is a very good negotiator.

The President's decision to not enforce certain immigration laws has only made this problem worse.

The problem of illegal immigration is nothing new, but, this year, the surge of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children... has further strained our communities' resources.

We must improve the accuracy of cost estimates and critically examine the use of qualitative factors to justify changes that are not truly cost-beneficial.

We are very conscious of and concerned with the President's Climate Action Plan, which could seriously jeopardize the reliability and affordability of Americans' electricity.

With so much at stake, we must have a Nuclear Regulatory Commission that provides regulatory stability and pursues justified, defensible safety improvements.

I hope we can focus on the Commission's principles of good regulation--independence, openness, efficiency, clarity, and reliability.

Thank you, gentlemen, for being here today.

I believe this is the first request from the administration, but it will not be the last.

Should you be confirmed, will you commit to working with me and my office to engage in these licensing and relicensing efforts?

The NRC's timely review of license submittals is critical to the success of our domestic uranium industry.

I would humbly ask that you refrain from using many of these driving factors, seemingly driving factors in the decision because I just do not think it can be relevant.

Reducing services at Hot Springs will reduce services for our veterans who have already sacrificed so much.

It is frustrating as a policymaker. It is frustrating as we do engage in how much money to spend--taxpayer dollars--to maintain the commitment that I think we can all agree we have to stand behind our veterans and their care.

I am grateful to have the opportunity to represent part of Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives and certainly representing more specifically the veterans who have so sacrificially served.