I think that there is a--the uncertainty now in the production tax credit business is leading to a more complicated deployment of renewable energy, renewable power.

What I tried to achieve in drafting this legislation was that tried to create a scenario where the Congress forces an administration to act one way or the other on Yucca Mountain.

And I think we have been set back in this country over the last 4 decades because we really have not invested in new nuclear technology, and we are in real danger of falling behind China, who, you know, some folks estimate that they are on…

That is correct.

So you would--basically it gets to the cheapest way to deploy renewable energy, and this has been I think met with--in the Silicone Valley and the entrepreneurial community in California, this has been well received throughout the…

I commend Governor Scott Walker and what he did. I think what he proposed in the State of Wisconsin was incredibly bold and courageous.

Governor Walker was just here in this town a few weeks ago and admitted in testimony before Congress that his assault on worker rights had absolutely nothing to do with the budget situation that we face in the State of Wisconsin.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I received some e-mailed questions about the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act from Congressman Nunes' office.

The questions that Congressman Nunes' office e-mailed me were about simply my calculations that the unfunded liability was $3 trillion.

I want to just take this time, Mr. Chairman, to encourage you to move forward with fundamental tax reform.