I think some of the efforts you made there legally have been criticized in that regard.

I expressed my concern to you about the memo for then Chairman Jaczko authorizing him to assume emergency powers that I think was unwise.

However, a commission has a duty... to listen to the inputs from politicians or even Senator Reid.

I understand the chairman and the committee found certain requests from Congress to be improper and have not disclosed certain documents.

Do you understand, Mr. Burns, that Congress has established Yucca Mountain as the depository for nuclear waste? Is that the law of the United States?

I feel we have a lawyer who comes from a little different background.

I hope you will conduct yourselves as independent, responsible leaders and not be pushed around as a result of political pressure.

I would argue that is probably a pretty poor climate policy.

Regulatory costs fall disproportionately more on small businesses than big firms.

I think we should conduct research in those areas. But I don't think we should press down on the brow of the working man on inefficient technologies that require them to pay considerably higher prices for the energy that they consume.

Well, that is a pretty long time.

So what you are saying is, if we don't watch it, we will spend a lot more on preventing than we get in terms of benefit, based on the science that is out there today.

Lower cost energy clearly creates jobs, it creates wealth.

The American economy is important; I know you know that. We have a decline in median family wages in America since 2007 from $55,000 to $50,000.

I totally agree that energy efficiency is a bi-partisan issue that we can work on together with you.

You have not been given explicit statutory authority power to do what you are doing.

It is 3,200 days. That is almost 10 years. We haven't had a Category 3 hurricane.

Those are huge economically impactful regulations that you are putting out that we don't get to vote on.

The American people run this Country. You don't run this Country. EPA does not run this Country.

We know that Congress has never voted explicitly to regulate CO2. And would not vote today if given the opportunity.

I don't think you have been dealing that accurately or completely with them on these assumptions.

I am fully supportive of the funding request; however, I am concerned that the explanation is signaling a piecemeal approach that will never result in an engine replacement and keeps us reliant on Russia.

It is time for us to rise to the occasion and fix this situation.

I just wish we could go faster and make a decision.

if we are to meet the aggressive timelines necessary to replace the RD-180 by the end of the decade, we will need the support of our Nation's best and brightest.