It is important to hear from stakeholders because the stories that we weave here may not always really reflect the real world.

Don't you think that if we are going to have this debate that the Department of Energy ought to help us define what is a family?

This is actually a very good panel. There really is more that unites us than divides us on this whole debate.

I have no other speakers, and I will close after the gentleman from New Jersey has closed.

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion. The text of the motion is as follows: Mr. Shimkus moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2576 with an amendment inserting the…

I talk about catastrophic coverage all the time, and I think that is where we need to be.

My colleague, the ranking member Mr. Pallone, has said many times how important it is that we take a look at the Brownfields Program.

Brownfields is an important issue for me.

We want to thank you for coming.

The economic redevelopment of these sites means very good things for the local community--things like jobs, an improved tax base.

We need to see what works--and there is a lot to like about the program--but we find that there are always areas we can improve upon.

Nuclear energy is and must remain a central component of our Nation's electricity mix.

if climate is a national debate, then the largest baseload generation of carbon-free energy is nuclear.

My home State of Illinois generates the most nuclear energy in the Nation.

I appreciate Commissioner Ostendorff's willingness to speak up on the need for the Federal Government to fulfill its legal, I will add, obligation to dispose of spent nuclear fuel.

I hope you are taking all necessary steps to maintain the necessary expertise and infrastructure to continue consideration of the Yucca Mountain License Application.

It actually was great to follow my colleague from Vermont, who is a thoughtful individual, who always raises good questions, who really is open to debate, and he stumbles onto the truth in this. This does have an issue of net neutrality…

Thank you. This has been a great hearing.

Flint was let down by its Federal and State Government and its local officials and the residents there are right to be skeptical.

At one level I am glad we are looking into the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, and on another one I am saddened and disappointed that it even happened in the first place.

He has been very, very helpful on movement of this, and we are hopeful we will get to some agreement in the future.

The problem, and the reason we've cut your budget, is that your agency, is prioritizing new rules and regulations that Congress never told you to pursue in the first place.

I would call on the commissioners to enact civil disobedience and disregard the chairman's edict.

In the country right now, there is a revolt brewing in the country.

It's not because Republicans are anti-environment. We all want to breathe clean air and drink clean and safe water.