I got to drive one of those.

the cleanest, most affordable form of energy is the energy we never use, and I fully subscribe to that and so does our President.

OK. What a challenge, on top of everything else. Thank you. Please proceed.

I feel very lucky to have been with you and to have heard all the wonderful, encouraging things that you are doing.

I want to thank you specifically, Senator Carper, for doing everything you have done to advance our cause in Washington.

We are trying to grapple with deficit reduction in Washington.

I will certainly do if I am confirmed is to make that point very clearly to people operating nuclear power plants that it isn't the point that it is not hurting anyone.

As Chairman of the Senate Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee ensuring that the nuclear power industry functions safely is a top priority of mine.

What we can't afford are mistakes that will derail this renaissance in nuclear power.

I expect and the public expects that the NRC must be a strong, independent and effective regulator.

I think Senator Alexander has already said this in so many words, but just in the last several weeks to have heard what the President said on the floor of the House of Representatives in the State of the Union address, the importance of…

the TVA should be a leader in our clean energy economy, and not a lagger.

one foot on the accelerator and one foot on the brake pedal

You picked 2,000 and they represent 70 percent of the----

We probably can learn from what other countries have done in that regard.

There are those kinds of unanticipated consequences we just need to be mindful of.

But there are some who are supportive of giving you that kind of flexibility.

Am I missing something? Do you think Federal agencies should adopt advanced metering as a technology with a relatively quick payback period?

By making greenhouse gas reductions, the integrating metric for performance, the Executive Order encourages whole systems thinking.

Well, we have a $300 billion tax gap, so this maybe will help.

That is a good sign. Thank you.

I like to say that sometimes people would rather see a sermon than hear one, and I think in a number of respects, the Postal Service has shown us a sermon, really by your behavior, and I just applaud you for that.

the amount of buying power that the Federal Government possesses is remarkable.

Yesterday, I got to drive the Chevrolet Volt. I call it the most advertised car in the world that has never been built.

I have always been intrigued by how do we harness financial incentives in order to drive good public policy behavior.