this drought is the hardest thing I have ever done in my 23 years in the Senate.

It is my understanding that we must contain temperature rise to 2 degrees or less by 2100 or we court disaster.

$3.2 billion in deferred maintenance of facilities, a huge sum, I don't think I need to say that.

Over the past 5 years, Senator Feinstein and I have worked hard with the Department to keep costs under control and to make sure hard-earned taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.

drought is a problem for the whole Government and will require a whole of Government solution.

you have an obligation to do something about it.

The Government has been prevented from collecting fees since 2013.

I came away unconvinced of the need for this weapon. The so-called improvements to this weapon seem to be designed candidly to make it more usable, to help us fight and win a limited nuclear war.

My goal is I know what can happen, and the key is to prevent it from happening.

Accidents do happen, and I think maintaining a robust NRC is our stop against incidents.

I do not want to ask your successor 10 years from now, if I am still alive, what happened.

I would really hope that this year we could make some progress with respect to a nuclear waste policy.

I think it is becoming very clear that unless we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, we are going to see catastrophic sea level rise, devastating droughts, more wildfires, more habitat loss, greater ranges of exposures for disease, and…

Can you confirm that the NRC will continue to inspect the site and oversee the decommissioning program to ensure safety?

The Blue Ribbon Commission concluded, 'That it would be prudent to pursue the development of consolidated storage capability without further delay,' and Senator Feinstein and I agree with that recommendation.

the American people need NRC to be a strong, independent, and capable regulator, and the nuclear industry should be held accountable to it for the safety of all reactors, both operating and retired.

I also want to be clear that, in my opinion, the Commission should continue licensing activities for Yucca Mountain.

The Commission's own scientists have told us that we can safely store nuclear waste there for up to 1 million years.

I strongly believe that Yucca Mountain can and should be part of the solution.

Sen. Feinstein and I agree with that recommendation.

I want to make sure the Commission has all the resources it needs in fiscal year 2017 to complete a review of such applications.

I don't want North Korea with a 6-kiloton nuclear cruise missile.

it's hard to believe that it's going to happen on a major basis.

we cannot be stopped by Yucca from doing good public policy around nuclear.

A 23 percent drop in the Corps' budget and a 13 percent drop in Reclamation's budget is simply unacceptable.