This is very important... it is extremely important I think to the future of energy in this country.

You know, I'm a military pilot, and I've been overseas and executed this Nation's wars. And I'll tell you, one of the things I've seen firsthand is that the biggest threat to our national security is our national debt. This debt ceiling…

You know, when we look at what are some of the most important issues facing our country today, obviously economy comes very first. Next, we talk about energy, we talk about spending, and we talk about national security, all very important…

I thank the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry). And listening to the words of the gentleman from Oklahoma, very well spoken. You know, I often ask what are the top issues, what are the top things Americans are concerned with right now…

If the gentleman would grant me just a moment. When you said there's a mountain in the desert, or there's I think 131 locations as it exists today, I can tell you I have four of those locations in the 11th District in Illinois. I believe…

I thank my colleague from Illinois. I just want to say thank you for your leadership on this issue, among many other things. This is an issue that is very important. It is important not just for the country. It is important for my State…

Sure. And paying for a long time. Let me add, for every year we delay opening--Yucca Mountain is not going away; it doesn't disappear off the face of the Earth--for every year we delay, it's costing us half a billion dollars more than what…

If my colleague wouldn't mind, and you mentioned it just a few minutes ago, this idea passed this body with a large majority. That to me seems like this is the will of the American people. It's not just some agenda or some crazy…

If I can just say quickly on that point, Aby Mohseni, acting director for licensing and inspections at the NRC, made this remark: ``Some senior managers contributed to the manipulation of the budget process and information to apparently…

There has been a lot of talk lately about Afghanistan. You hear it every day. You heard it just a little bit ago about why are we in Afghanistan? What are we fighting for? Isn't it time to go home? I've got to tell you the easy thing to do…

We're trying to find that balance between too much government regulation, which freezes up the system and continues to stagnate the economy, and no government regulation, which also is bad for the economy.

I have had people who run grain elevators come in and talk to me about the impact that Dodd-Frank is going to have on their business.

there is a role for the government in the economy, but what is that role, and we definitely don't want to have too much of a role

we can go to Washington, D.C., and we can talk about laws and we can talk about bills and all that kind of stuff, but you really don't know how it impacts people until you hear from people

The right to keep and bear arms is a real simple phrase. Some people have only negative thoughts. When the words ``gun'' or ``firearm'' are heard, thoughts immediately turn to criminals; but that's the problem because the debate we're…

Yes. How many times is Washington going to be dishonest with us and just say, I know it didn't work in the past, but it's going to work this time? The President himself said the shovel-ready jobs--chuckle, chuckle--weren't so shovel-ready…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado. You know what's amazing about those forgotten 15? You know how much they cost? Nothing. I mean, isn't that great? When you think about it, we're talking about something out of Washington, D.C. that…

What's amazing to me is we've conditioned--I mean Republicans and Democrats, not ``we.'' We've only been here less than a year. But the American people have been so conditioned to believe that if there is any difficulty, the answer is a…

I agree with my colleague that spoke previously. America needs to be a voice for freedom in the world. America is a great nation. I find it interesting that we talk about the need to be engaged, with which I agree, but then we talk about…

Do we have any idea approximately how much American money is being bet on those sites?

And ultimately, you know, if it is unregulated, it is almost impossible to put them out of business.

Well, thank you, Madam Chairman, for putting this on.

And again, we are talking about regulated sites right now, correct?

I think government needs to put an end to needless regulations that do little to protect the consumer or protect jobs.

I thank the chairman for yielding. America is talking so much now, and there's such a need right now for jobs. There is such a need. Over 9 percent of this country is begging every day for the opportunity to go out and work and earn a…