"I think one of the primary responsibilities of government, especially the Federal Government in this case, is to make sure that we are prepared for major threats to the overall safety and well-being of the country and the American people."
"So this Ring of Fire that we are talking about, does that mean that all the countries that are around that edge of the Pacific are at the maximum risk in the world of having quakes?"
"Do you think that our current nuclear power plants can withstand a 7.5 earthquake and not leak radioactivity?"
"I have been very concerned that we have nuclear energy facilities that, in an earthquake--I mean, look at what happened in Japan."
"We end up predicting an earthquake to say within the next five days there will be an earthquake, so they come back on the 6th day, and then you have the earthquake on the 10th day."
"Our efforts should be, instead of providing warning, we should focus on what comes next to make sure that, number one, beforehand we are prepared; number two, what do we do after the earthquake has co..."
"There is a serious threat that large numbers of people in our population could be in great danger."
"However, if that happens to go down, we are talking about millions of people being irradiated."
"I will be working with my Science Committee colleagues to introduce a bill in the House very soon for this reauthorization."
"I believe a primary responsibility of government, especially the Federal Government, is to make sure that they protect the safety of the American people."
"We are spending already a trillion dollars a year more than we are taking in."