I recently supported Senator Grassley's attempt to move administration of Part D from the DOE to the DOL.
Essentially, they are being litigated to death, which is absolutely unacceptable, just unacceptable.
Processing 25 percent of claims in six months is about 156 claims a week.
So if it is none, if it is zero--and we have also made that assumption, that there are none--what was the purpose of put...
Have you advised the Alaskan claimants that there is no willing payor?
I offered an amendment in September with your colleague here Senator Murkowski co-sponsoring the amendment.
I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Our nation owes them a debt of gratitude.
We must make sure that claimants found eligible for benefits are promptly compensated.
It's an insult to the Americans who worked in these plants.
Clearly, the Department of Energy had a substandard operation when it came to implementing this compensation program.