"I'm concerned about plutonium pit production. NNSA is required to make 80 pits per year by 2030 but acknowledged it would miss that deadline by anywhere from 2 to 5 years."
"The budget request for NNSA totals $21.4 billion. That's a $754.4 million or a 3.6 percent increase over fiscal year 2022."
"I was pleased to see its planned retirement in the fiscal year 2023 budget request, which mirrored the Biden Nuclear Posture Review."
"What is the plan for that weapon?"
"I wrote to then Secretaries Mattis and Perry about my concern with the Trump Administration's plan to retain the B83 Megaton Nuclear Bomb."
"It seems to me this is a weapon that should be retired or a bomb that should be retired."
"We cannot just look at what the problem was before, we have to look at what the problem's going to be tomorrow."
"I think the Ayatollah in Iran habitually lies and if you get rid of that B83 that you want to eliminate, I think you're going to make him smile and I don't think that's in America's interests and I re..."
"In the meantime, I'm told we're not going to be able to produce 50 pits annually at the Savannah River site until 2032 or 2035 at the earliest."
"Administrator Regan, I ask, once again, that EPA and its partners act with urgency and prioritize this issue."
"I continue to be deeply concerned about industrial waste dumped off the California coast between the 1930s and 1960s that still remains in our ocean."
"Those experiencing homelessness often struggle to obtain or maintain the required personal documents... adds an unnecessary burden on our Nation's most vulnerable."