This bill will direct the Secretary of Energy to re-enrich these tails and sell them at a profit for the government.

I hope and expect that we will be able to move this bill through this committee in a collegial and a bipartisan manner.

I am interested in the other cities that you named but I am also interested in the third city, the city by the lake, Chicago, and what the threats are to Chicago also.

In the last Congress, when we worked on this issue in a bipartisan manner, the administration provided the members of this committee with a classified briefing that helped us understand the vulnerabilities to our electric grid and actions…

This bill represents the type of legislation that advances the security interests of all Americans and shows what can be accomplished when we choose to work together in a bipartisan manner.

I think we support that.

What I am hearing here is that in the event of an imminent, severe, catastrophic cyber attack on the electrical grid system here in this country where there could be vast harm done to the American people, are you saying, am I correct in…

This bipartisan piece of legislation is identical to the bill that was favorably reported out of the E&C Committee unanimously last year.

So it is imperative that we provide those agencies that are responsible for protecting us, protecting our Nation's grid, protecting all Americans with all the tools, all the authority and all the resources that they need to keep us safe.

Millions of Americans will spend 10 to 20 cents more per gallon for gasoline and diesel fuel as tribute to our friendly neighbors to the north.

U.S. farmers, who spent $12.4 billion on fuel in 2009, could see expenses rise to $15 billion or higher in 2012 or 2013 if the pipeline goes through.

So in your opinion then this process is going to come to an end, and it hasn't been the fault of the EPA. This has been the responsibility of the company changing its plan?

the goal of the Clean Air Act is to protect public health and welfare from harm from air pollution

Haste does make waste in this particular instance.

I have said on several occasions that I am not opposed to streamlining the permitting process, provided that we allow for appropriate community input and we do not weaken the air quality controls that the licensing process was implemented…

So native Alaskans who breath the air will be potentially harmed while they are fishing or whaling, is that what you say?

It seems to me that forcing State and local stakeholders to travel all the way to the U.S. Court of Appeals here in Washington in order to air their grievances will provide an unreasonable burden on less-affluent communities and…

I am also eager to hear from the EPA on a provision in the bill that will allow the drilling companies to look only at how the drilling would affect our air quality on shore, ignoring any potential impacts to air quality between the…

Will you kind of elaborate more on what you were trying to express?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I--Mr. Dinneen, your passion is certainly commendable. I am from a corn state--ethanol-producing state...

So they are there for 7 years?

In that 7-year max, isn't 7 years quite a length of time though? What is your rationale for the 7 years?

Do you have any fear that this kind of coziness over this long period of time might cloud their objectivity and their reliability and their integrity, you might add?

So they move family and friends to the particular geographic location for the most part?

my constituents want to be assured that the NRC have in place common sense protocols for mitigating risks of nuclear disasters.