"You obviously are in charge of a very important department, in my opinion."
"Mid-April is approaching relatively rapidly. Have you made a decision yet on what you are going to do in operating--what you said earlier."
"Did the B&W announcement concern you?"
"The administration stands ready to work with Congress and TVA stakeholders to explore options to end Federal ties to TVA, including alternatives such as the transfer of ownership to state or local sta..."
"You know, I look at, what, $14, $15 billion we spent drilling a hole in the ground in Nevada that is, I guess, a good place to store their records, in a hole in the ground."
"Do you still believe there is a national security need for domestic enrichment?"
"So you are going to have to renegotiate with Russia?"
"Have you had discussions with USEC on what they will do, because, if they are, in fact, as you know, in mid-April going to be running out of money, they are going to have to send out layoff notices to..."
"we can certainly arrange some of those meetings between all of us and so we can get together and knock heads and find out where we are."
"the energy issue is not new to me, and frankly, I have never seen the cost overruns and schedule slips that I now have learned have been endemic at the Department of Energy."
"I cannot emphasize this point enough, and as I look back after the last 40 years, I say to myself, have we really been serious since the formation of your department?"