John McCain

It seems to me, Deputy Attorney General Ogden, we have illegal immigration, the coyotes, drug smuggling, and kidnapping all mixed up together now. Do you agree?

In sum, President Felipe Calderon's gutsy leadership in the fight against the drug cartels has provided the United States with an unprecedented opportunity to collaborate with him and the Mexican government to defeat the drug cartels that…

Are you generally in agreement with my comment that this struggle that Calderon and the Mexican government are engaged in with the drug cartels is an existential threat to the very fabric of the government of Mexico?

Well, I would appreciate it if you would for the record give us the areas where you are taking these resources from.

The city of Phoenix is now the kidnapping capital of the United States, second only to Mexico City, for the most kidnappings in any city in the world.

Reconsider this nomination.

We seek assurances from the senior military leadership that resources and actions are being directed effectively and urgently to address any factor which has been shown to place a servicemember, his or her military unit and family at risk…

I want to hear more about the facts relating to suicide and military operations, and make sure that we are directing our efforts in the right direction.

I thank Senator Cornyn for requesting this hearing, and Senators Nelson and Graham for promptly scheduling this hearing aimed at finding ways to prevent suicide by members of the Armed Forces.

I have talked to many utility executives who say they aren't going to continue that operation.

The point is, obviously, that we would rather have a one place where it can be stored.

So that would mean that a license could be issued in late 2010, 2011?

Dry cask storage. Spent nuclear fuel sitting in pools and in dry casks at nuclear power plants all over America.

Are you operating under the assumption that Yucca Mountain will become a reality?

On this waste confidence issue, again, a repository can reasonably be expected to be available within 50 or 60 years beyond the license life for operation of any reactor.

You are not counting on it? Meaning, then what are you looking at for an alternative?

Do you believe that there is a problem with the material that is reprocessed as far as a national security concern is involved?

I think is an obscene, immoral boondoggle that does nothing to reduce this country's dependence on oil.

America depends on cheap abundant energy.

I see no way of achieving energy independence and the price of oil will go back up because our economy will recover--that nuclear power can't be part of the equation.

Congress must choose between rhetoric and reality.

We need oil. The world needs oil and we have to drill for it.

Gas should be seen as a bridge fuel that is low carbon complement that can be a very logical and agreeable source of power that can combine with the intermittent nature of solar and wind.

You can't develop nuclear power, energy, in this country if you don't reprocess and you do not use Yucca Mountain as a repository for spent nuclear fuel.

The same rhetoric is coming out while the White House and Congress are simultaneously promoting policies such as reduced access to Federal territory and cutting tax incentives for drillers that will, without a doubt, make the U.S. more…