I think some good work took place at the very top with the leadership of our two countries, and we are going to see the benefits of that later this year.

We are concerned about dam removals.

Second to waterboarding.

The $7 billion Great Lakes Fishery would not exist were it not for the sea lamprey control program.

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment in human history.

NAFTA worked actually pretty well for the Mexicans, I am told. They have a more vibrant middle class than they did 20 years ago.

A lot of people think that folks who are coming into the United States are Mexican. They are not.

I was, however, disappointed that the TPP agreement excluded the financial services sector from the prohibition on data localization requirements.

it is good to be with my colleagues and the chair of the Senate Finance Committee. I am pleased to say a few words about the President's nominee, Seema Verma, who, if confirmed, will lead us at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…

We did not tell EPA, though, that it had to study the costs and benefits of every possible regulation, and we did not tell EPA that it had to choose the cheapest option.

I applaud our Chair and Ranking Member for holding this hearing. We are grateful to our witnesses for coming.

Thanks. Thanks so much, Mr. Chairman. Senator Heitkamp, good morning. Nice to see you.

When we wrote the new law over the last couple of years, we told EPA to--try to first figure out whether or not a chemical was dangerous, and then to consider the cost when the agency was deciding how to protect people from whatever risk…

I have been there before and have a great affection for Miyagi and the people who live there.

Everything I do I know I can do better. I have not written the perfect bill yet, and my guess is this one probably is not perfect either.

The energy from nuclear power plants helps curb our Nation's reliance on dirty fossil fuels and reduces air pollution emissions that threaten our health and our climate.

If our Country decides to retake its leadership in nuclear energy, I hope we do, and is successful in that endeavor, history has shown there will be economic benefits in the form of manufacturing and construction jobs and, frankly…

We start looking at valuing the carbon contributions or, I should say, the non-carbon contributions of nuclear.

I am encouraged by what Dr. Back told us about 97 percent spent fuel being really burned up or consumed.

Nuclear has to be a critical part of it.

The industry is what I describe as a crossroads, and which the path the industry decides to take will have ramifications on our Country and our citizens, I think, for decades to come.

A lot of people I served with in the Navy actually were on ships and submarines and aircraft carriers that were nuclear powered, and the safety record is good.

We need to always be doing everything safely.

We did the right thing in a very important negotiation in 2015, when we extended tax credits for wind energy and solar energy.

I would like to say sometimes out of something bad something good comes, and my hope is that certainly is the case here.