I think it wouldn't surprise you and the Secretary to know that the Guard, whether it's the ANG or the Army Guard, are always keen to take advantage of equipment that may be available.

It's a wonderful way to provide those soldiers with the opportunity to get in touch with that excitement, the adrenaline, the meaning that comes when you serve in combat.

There's a tendency for it to become isolated from society. The Reserves and the Guard provide that pipeline.

I think we're going to face tighter budgets in future years and we may have the potential need to trip Pentagon budgets as well.

the eventuality of the repeal isn't in question.

Good luck in that regard. By the way, I think Boeing and Northrop are both great companies.

the moratorium could be put in place as we put this implementation plan together.

You make peace with your enemies, not with your friends.

I for one look forward to the treaty coming to the floor of the Senate. I can't imagine we wouldn't find the votes to ratify it.

I look forward to the report, obviously.

I rise today in support of the Conrad-Gregg amendment of which I am an original cosponsor. The amendment would create a bipartisan task force to comb through the Federal budget and then make recommendations for reining in our annual…

The United States Civil Rights Trail bill--S. 1802 introduced by Senator Burris--would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study for the protection and interpretation of American civil rights sites across the…

I just want to thank you and Senator Murkowski for holding this important hearing.

I can say confidently that the Bingaman/Murkowski/Udall legislation represents a strong foundational effort to augment the Federal Government's role in U.S. modular reactor development in a way that furthers our environmental, foreign…

As you develop greater understanding, I'd certainly appreciate the NRC sharing with us your thinking and the direction in which you're heading.

It's more of a carrot-and-stick approach.

It's very important that we look at this.

I believe there have been conversations in the IAEA community about overseeing this entire fuel cycle in the future.

This is really, really great. I don't have to have an enrichment capability.

Let me follow up before I turn to Mr. Pietrangelo.

Would others care to comment?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, let me acknowledge the hard work of you and Senator Murkowski.

It holds the promise of dramatically increasing capacity utilizations of the generation, transmission, and distribution system.

But again, those are going to be primarily within the purview of State commissions to work with State utilities at the distribution level.

I foresee--I am not a good forecaster--hundreds in the next--I would say 500, 700 megawatts of battery in the PJM system is not unreasonable to expect.