No one should be pleased that the accident did happen, but I am very pleased that the Commission and industry have spent the last 30 years improving the safety of our existing plants and preparing to build new reactors.

We cannot run this machine called America without the nuclear component.

I mean, here we are with 20 percent of our energy coming from nuclear and some of the Western European countries, France, I believe is 80 percent.

Would you, Chairman Klein, describe to us any public health impacts that resulted from that accident 30 years ago?

Either the Lugar-Casey bill or the Chicago initiative would give U.S. foreign policymakers opportunity to reintroduce themselves to Africans.

I commend Senator Lugar, and I look forward to working with him on this important legislation.

We are hopeful that it will serve as a practical starting point for improving United States and global efforts.

I have been focused on this issue for the past year, ever since a dramatic spike in commodity prices led to food shortages.

We can't tackle hunger alone. We have to engage a multilateral approach.

Overcoming hunger should be one of the starting points for United States foreign policy.

We must be prepared to provide the tools, skills, and resources so that farmers in developing nations have the capacity to grow their own food.

I appreciate the leadership you've provided, and Senator Lugar's, working with us on this bill.

So, it's about leadership. Yeah. Thank you.

Obviously, we believe this bill should pass very quickly.

Because there are two windows of opportunity open, at the moment, that won't be open forever.

this is a response to that.

The back to the basics approach articulated by the Global Food Security Act of 2009 is refreshing.

The Global Food Security Act of 2009 (S. 384), introduced by Senators Richard Lugar and Robert Casey, is intended to set in motion a U.S. Government strategy to address the food security needs of the developing world.