Madam President, I say to my distinguished colleague from Oklahoma, if I might ask, before he proceeds on his amendment, if I could enter a unanimous consent about the vote.

The NRC must be accountable to the people, and it must stay focused on ensuring the safety of this generation and the next.

I think that must be included and I want your commitment that you will look at that issue and give me a response on that topic.

We must find better and safer ways to store nuclear waste to ensure that a disaster like the one that took place in Japan never happens here.

I want to thank President Obama for acting on my recommendation and nominating another superbly qualified female jurist to the Federal bench.

Nuclear energy has been critical to meeting our nation's energy needs.

A related question was, after Super Storm Sandy, obviously Westchester was largely shut down.

I appreciate you being here.

Relaxing regulations could harm the public and would do the industry no favors.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for holding this essential hearing. It is so important.

I strongly believe this country needs more women like her serving in the Federal judiciary.

I know Ms. Caproni to be a woman with impeccable credentials, incredible intellect, and the kind of fair-minded judgment that we need on the Federal bench.

So, my fundamental question is, if you are reconfirmed, can you assure me that you will reassess the emergency planning and evacuation system as a priority, particularly in light of the GAO's report questioning the assumptions?

I think communication is extremely important in the issue of regulating nuclear facilities.

I just urge the Chair of the NRC to be as responsive as you can be to those concerns.

What are some things that we might be doing to better ensure that our nuclear plants are safe?

As you know, we have already referred to here to extreme weather events such as the horrific tornado in Oklahoma earlier this week and Super Storm Sandy which visited my part of the Country which seem to be occurring with greater frequency…

To put this on the internet I think would help ferment some of the civil unrest in the country.