Overall, it was about 90--$90 million cut on that.

Do you think you will have some estimates on what the cost is? Or will you have to submit a reprogramming request to the Committee?

We must also look ahead to the future of nuclear reactor technology.

I have great appreciation for the importance of the issues under its jurisdiction.

I don't see our budget getting any better for the next while, frankly.

I am one that believes there is a role the government can play in advancing a lot of these things.

Assuming I live to the average lifespan of the American male will I ever see any glass manufactured there?

This significant underinvestment in energy research and development by the private sector...makes government support for applied energy R&D critical for our future competitiveness and economic prosperity.

The United States has world-class innovation capacity, a unique culture of entrepreneurship, well-developed capital markets, and the finest scientists, engineers, and workers in the world.

We think it is a possibility. It looks very good, certainly in paper studies.

One of the biggest problems we face in this country, other than the debt and deficit we are facing in this Nation, is our infrastructure backlog.

Your leadership, Mr. Chairman.

We need to be able to work together to try to solve this on a long-term basis rather than this let's fix it for now.

What we need, and sometimes this takes Presidential leadership, administrative leadership, is how are we going to address these funding needs in the future on a permanent basis?

Most of them are reaching their expected life expectancy.

I suspect there has been waste.

The thing I hear most from every community I talk to that is interested in it is that they do not trust the federal government to make interim storage interim, because in the long run they are going to say we got it solved; deal with it.

Well, obviously one of the problems is we cannot get one repository open, let alone having two repositories.

Our frustration is the uncertainty between a billion dollars and $6 billion.

Does an interim storage facility become a de facto permanent repository?

My definition of success is on time and on budget.

I think Congressman Simpson is suggesting let us at least keep the licensing process alive.

I would argue that we have actually got something out of Yucca, and that is a big hole in the ground.

the problem with Yucca Mountain is not technical. It is political.

the residents of Carlsbad are very interested in potentially taking on an interim storage facility.