If you are running a financial institution, you have got to have capital and it has got to be liquid.

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As a GI Bill recipient, it is an honor for me to be here to talk about an issue that is so close to my heart.

Nuclear energy, everyone knows, has been critical to meeting our nation's energy needs, and it is an emissions-free energy source that provides one-fifth of America's electricity.

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

We have to 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.

54 plants have been shut down. Their businesses are talking about moving overseas. Their economy is collapsing.

You said that you don't believe that U.S. power plants should be required to install filtered containment vents.

One of those lessons is ensuring that containment vents work properly and are filtered to prevent the release of radiation.

For Dr. Macfarlane, it is critical that we apply the lessons of the Fukushima disaster to improve nuclear safety here at home.

I think that local residents deserve to have their voices heard on these issues.

The GI Bill enabled me to go to Columbia University, where I received a world-class education that otherwise would never have existed.

Madam President, I come from the farm State of Oklahoma. The biggest threat to the future of farmers is burdensome and costly regulations. I have three amendments. The amendments I am proposing will provide significant regulatory relief…

Mr. President, I think I have time reserved now for up to 30 minutes. I wish to first of all say that the subject we have been listening to is life threatening. It is critical. That is not why I am down here today because we have something…

Thank you, Chairman Boxer, for holding this hearing. One of the Senate's more important responsibilities is to offer advice and provide consent to the President's nominations.

I think, rather than extreme, I should have used the word impatient. I am ready for nuclear energy.

One of the Senate's most important responsibilities is to offer service and provide consent to the President's nominations.

I think you covered that pretty well in your opening statement, but I wanted to make it in reference to this reorganization statement.