When I was Governor of our State and involved in the National Governors Association (NGA), we always used to say States are laboratories of democracy, let us use them in that capacity.

My time has expired, and, Mr. Wilson, I am going to come back to you with the same question when we go for a second round.

I think he will be a very good one because he is a very good Governor.

That is a good point.

The National Medicaid data are not current, they are not complete, and they are not accurate.

There is a fair amount of focus on distance learning with respect to VA benefits and with respect to Department of Defense benefits.

Say that again. The partnership with the States----

So the glass is not entirely empty, at least half-full, and we have just to fill the rest of it up here.

I think that collaboration is key.

I believe that it is important for us to have a fully functioning Commission because today the NRC is addressing some of the most pressing issues that the nuclear industry has faced in years.

I am encouraged that the President would move quickly to nominate Dr. Macfarlane to serve as Commissioner and to chair the NRC.

I would just add to that, and I have said this in this room before, and this is just my counsel to you, would be to, as the leader, if you are confirmed and become the Chair, to try to focus on what is the right thing to do; not the easy…

The discussion dealt with spent fuel is not going to end up in Yucca Mountain, and how do we go forward and find a place that is suitable in this country or places that are suitable in this country.

Again, thank you both for your testimony today and for your willingness to serve.

Regardless what happens with Yucca Mountain, I think we have to learn from that experience and just be a whole lot smarter going forward as we prepare to take next steps.

We need to keep in place the tax credits that we have to incentivize some of those purchases.

And in one of the front seats of the car.

I very much appreciate your interest in this issue and asserting jurisdiction of this Committee over this issue.

You should start with additional hearings on the issues that are going to be very complicated, like fees.

We are finishing up the vote, and our colleagues are making their way back over here in the next couple of minutes.

The overall record of DOE and of the Federal Government as a whole has not inspired confidence or trust in our nation's nuclear waste management program.

We have to be smarter the second time through than we were the first time through.

With the ability to put a foot on the brake.

I know that any consent-based approach must include a meaningful partnership between Federal, local, and State leaders.

That is, years or decades from now, just as you warned, Chairman Carper, others will face our current predicament.