At what stage does it require Commission approval?

This committee's desire to make sure that we have the trained nuclear experts in the future when that time comes.

Having the workforce in the future is going to be a big issue.

Why does the request specifically target students in radiochemistry instead of what the committee has been trying to do?

The real goal of the Department of Energy and really the Nation as a whole, I think, is to have a well-diversified portfolio of energy resources.

A key outcome of the Project AIM recommendations is the development of an overhead structure that is well defined, reasonable, and acceptable to external stakeholders.

The contractor has accepted that responsibility, is moving forward with the project.

Our government should not make policy based on energy sources that the market favors at any given time.

And I would just say, along the very lines that Mr. Honda was talking about, the science changes also.

I can put on the record we have the smallest NASA center in the country.

We shouldn't de-emphasize those because of the current situation that we are in.

I agree that an all-of-the-above approach should fund research in new energy sources, but we also need to ensure that we are efficiently and effectively using our existing sources.

What do we have to do to the Federal Government to say, hey, pay more attention here?

The offices that you run are very, very important to the future of this country, so I appreciate it.

I think that is the inappropriate use of fines.

In closing I am honored to be here today representing the Office of Environmental Management.

The price of energy, in whichever form it is, has a great impact on other forms of energy.

I am going to support that budget for nuclear physics.

I look forward to seeing how these changes are being implemented and how the Commission is working to do that.

I really do not want the EM side of this laboratory in Idaho to affect the lab site.

Our intent is to balance the risk and the rewards between the taxpayers and the contractors doing the work.

I encourage you to get out to Idaho and meet with our Attorney General and other officials and resolve the disagreements

Why should Congress dedicate an even greater portion of overall clean up funds to advance WTP before a performance baseline is established?

I do not think that would be in the national interest, that we will be better off if we can apply the science that we do for the betterment of mankind.

Let's look at some of the places that can help solve the class divide.