Mike Simpson actually said...

"I look forward to the day when we can actually sit down and talk person-to-person and meet face-to-face and discuss some of these issues."

"Using the administration's own numbers, nondefense programs are increased by $105 billion, or 16 percent, while defense programs only go up by $12 billion, or not even 2 percent."

"She said that Yucca Mountain had been both a political and a scientific failure. She is half right. It was a political failure."

"I appreciate your being here today to shed as much light as you can on the DOE's budget request."