Mike Simpson

I think that is one of the highlights of our cleanup program.

The question is whether they are willing to do it.

You might not understand this, but Representative Newhouse and I are really good friends.

We are looking down through. There are some incentives we are looking at right now.

It is just not working. People have got to get out of their niches and start looking at what we want to do in the future.

I take very seriously the Federal Government's responsibility to remove nuclear, radioactive, and other hazardous waste materials from communities like Oak Ridge and other communities around the country.

I doubt very seriously that this committee is going to go along with the budget request. And, hopefully, I think we can have a 302(b) where we can address the deficiencies that are in this budget that are seen both by Republicans and…

I would like to yield my 5 minutes to Mr. Calvert, who has a defense hearing at 3:00.

The Federal Government has a responsibility to clean up five decades of nuclear weapons development and production.

I can't believe that--or I can believe the savings that will come from not having to refuel these when you have life-of-the-ship reactors.

I think Congresswoman Kaptur said last year that this is the biggest infrastructure bill we have.

Everything you do is as important to national defense as defense is.

Thank you, just a couple more questions.

What matters is executing on the mission and putting together the team that can best achieve that.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I would just like to know why there is a benefit to it, and if there is a benefit to it.

I think one of the biggest challenges we face in this country in our security doesn't come from nuclear weapons being launched at us, while certainly that is a threat. I think the future attack on this country is going to be from cyber.

I guess I'm kind of amazed at the budget request across the board here and I suspect you all are too, but I know you have to support the administration's budget request but in some areas, it is just woefully inadequate.

As was made clear at last week's hearings with Secretary Brouillette, the budget request for many of these programs is not as robust as most of us on this Committee would prefer.

I do want to thank you for the increase requested for Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response. That is, I think, one of the biggest challenges this country faces.

Whatever you do, do not fill in that tunnel. That is a $16 billion tunnel and we are going to store all the studies that have been done on Yucca Mountain.

And just to clarify, when CO2 goes into the atmosphere, does it stay over the place it was produced or does it go around the world?

I support the administration's position with regard to the potential sale of the PMAs, and as always will execute the will of Congress.

It would seem to me that it would be wiser to seek the legislative changes that would be necessary to move ahead with interim storage.

It is important for us to maintain any ability to decarbonize the economy. We must have this type of power coming online.