Bobby Rush

But ironically, earlier this week, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle voted to handcuff one of the agencies that has helped move America forward by promoting energy conservation.

I would like to know if, in fact, over the last 5 years, can you furnish this committee with the infractions or violations or emergency where the NRC had to send an emergency crew to any of the facilities that operates within the…

And my constituents are asking a simple question.

I have also been told that our number-one threat to our nuclear facilities is terrorism.

Can you assure the members of this committee, the American public, that what happened in Japan cannot happen here in America at any of our nuclear power plants?

How important is it that we invest in renewable sources of energy?

We must make sure that we are honest with the American people about exactly what we know, and also what we don not know.

We can accurately explain to the American people what happened and assure them that we are prepared for any contingency in our own nuclear energy arsenal.

My advice for the nuclear energy industry, both here and in Japan, would be to be as transparent as possible.

The Republican proposal would basically put all of DOE loan guarantee funding into nuclear energy.

I personally believe that nuclear must be part of any portfolio of renewable energy sources that will move this Nation forward.

Transparency is really the key word. The American people, the people around the world are looking for transparency.

I want to you know that you have my support, my support and we intend to work very, very closely with you.

We need to have many African-Americans in the U.S. Senate. So I applaud the governor for his decision. And I would ask you to not hang or lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointer.

There is a plague across this Nation that has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of American citizens, and it is disturbing and upsetting that there is no public outcry over the destruction that it leaves in its path. The plague is…

This, again, is another example of commonsense legislation, bipartisan cooperation that is aimed at improving and enhancing the flow of commerce between consumers and manufacturing. Mr. Speaker, this piece of legislation takes a giant…

I want to assure everybody that, in spite of the polemics, this is a bipartisan bill, and we do have bipartisan agreement.

We have to change the laws in Congress, appropriate the money to get it done.

I intend to work very, very hard with my colleague Senator Durbin to make sure that we strengthen this agency and strengthen its ability to protect America's children.

It's a tragedy, and it's shameful that the CPSC as we sit right now does not have a quorum to conduct the American public's business.

I believe that, again, that the toys that our innocent children play with, that those toys should have the utmost scrutiny before those toys end up in our homes.

Ms. Cowles, we only have a few moments. I just want to ask you in your testimony you mentioned the weak-kneed recalls.

Mr. Speaker, if you take a look at the AIDS crisis today, you will find some startling, disturbing, and, quite frankly, unacceptable statistics. Even though African Americans only make up 12.3 percent of the population, they account for 3…

I understand that it is the FCC's official position; however, unfortunately, the FCC's claim is incorrect. According to a March 2, 2004, letter from Chairman Powell to the ranking member, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell), since…

During a recent subcommittee hearing on broadcast indecency, we heard testimony that it is the Federal Communication Commission's policy that persons submitting complaints alleging indecent broadcast must submit a tape, transcript, or…