Tom Carper: “Today, Vietnam and the United States enjoy some of the closest relations, not just trade relations, but actually defense…”

No. The bill simply allows the Secretaries of Energy and State to explore pathways to grant generally authorized status to countries other than having 123 agreements in place. The bill does not relieve those Secretaries of their statutory…

Yes, I can. Let me be clear on this point--and I thank the Senator for pointing it out--the ADVANCE Act does not in any way alter the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's longstanding statutory responsibility to protect public health, safety…

before we vote on WRDA this afternoon, I want to express my strong support for this bill, S. 4367, which my friend and colleague Shelley Moore Capito has graciously named in my honor. You could have knocked me over with a feather when we…

I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.