If we are not going to use ethanol as E-85, then we have a serious problem.

if you think that Dirk Kempthorne was supportive of your initiative, you have not seen anything yet.

Mr. Strickland, welcome. I think I have seen you before. It is nice to see you here today, especially sitting with Mark Udall.

The President came and spoke with us, by the way, at our caucus and talked about his budget.

I appreciate that commitment, and we will look forward to working with you and this Administration, much as we did the last.

I think, America's best idea, which I think is our Constitution, was first adopted.

I suggested some ways we could save money. It is easy to come up with the ways to spend money.

I was the only Senator for Delaware for 5 days after Joe Biden stepped down.

We still need to pass authorizing legislation through the Congress and my hope is we will be able to do that.

The Northern Border is pretty big, and it is worth a little bit of attention.

The border there is critically important to our economic well-being.

I am a guy who believes in the right to bear arms, but I also have some concerns about the way this seems to be working to me.

The kind of concerns that we have seen, that we see every day along the border of Mexico are riveting, and they demand our attention.

I mean, we are all about a strong economy, and we are trying to stimulate our economy and pass stimulus bills and so forth. It seems like this part of the economy is going too well, and we need to figure out how to deflate this bubble.

If it isn't perfect, make it better.

Well, gentlemen, this has been an enlightening morning and early afternoon. I want to really thank you for joining us today.

This is not a time to rest on our laurels.

You can't manage this kind of an emergency situation away from the site.

It has been great working with Senator Voinovich on these issues and a bunch of others.

The only thing that is new in the world is the history we never learned or have forgotten.

How are you bridging the education gap between the older generation at the NRC and the newer generation of employees?

We have to fear complacency.

I think there were a lot of applications in at that time as well.

Without a safe nuclear industry, there will be no nuclear industry.

I want to conclude just by saying that we may have some follow up questions that we will submit in writing, and if you could respond in a timely manner, we would very much appreciate that.