"Taxpayers picked up the bill for the Price-Anderson Act."
"Today, we urge congressional leadership to move forward with legislation to help the United States prepare and adapt for the challenges of climate change and to attain the goals of energy independence..."
"I appreciate that very much."
"Let us talk about the loan guarantees. You want to talk about that for nuclear?"
"If we do not have to, why do we not repeal?"
"The U.S. must seize opportunity in global clean energy markets."
"Thank you very much."
"What we are doing in our bill is we are trying to ease the burden on the smaller refiners."
"The U.S. should commit to a stronger national and international role to help stabilize climate change."
"Now, my colleague calls it a tax. It is not a tax because if you clean up your act, and you figure out how to get the carbon out of the air, you do not have to do anything."
"Climate change acts as a threat multiplier for instability in some of the most volatile regions of the world."