The amount of red tape and the studies and reviews that have to be gone through to be able to move forward on Federal land are not comparable to States.

why don't we have a long-term supply policy of increasing domestic production so that we can actually reduce the price long term instead of just for a week or so.

the legislation that is before us, the Strategic Energy Production Act, doesn't tie the hands of the President whatsoever in order to access or release energy from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

This administration promised before the election that they were going to bankrupt coal.

You noted there is broad agreement among energy experts and economists that increasing domestic oil production will have no noticeable impact on U.S. gas prices for the foreseeable future.

Isn't it a self-fulfilling prophesy that if you issue rules that nobody could meet that we won't have electricity generation by coal?

It's been a couple of weeks since I've been able to come down to the floor and talk about high-level nuclear waste. As you know, through the past year, I've been coming to the floor. I am chairman of the Environment and the Economy…

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I for one would like to see more Canadian oil flowing into America.

The benefits in terms of additional secure oil and thousands of jobs is simply too important for us to give up on.

There are no better environmental stewards than any country on Earth.

this Keystone debate is really kind of goofy because we only spent 3 1/2 years to study it.

American jobs, Canadian jobs, third-largest oil reserves on the planet. We need to work with our allies and friends the Canadians to recover that.

I want to put that on the table.

America can and must increase its domestic energy production and there is much that we can learn from the Canadian experience.

The desire and the goal of this administration.

As you hopefully know, this past Tuesday, the Board of County of Commissioners from Nye County, Nevada, unanimously sent you a letter notifying you of their consent to host a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain.

this unwavering local support helped to sustain the project during periods when Federal and State agencies had to work through disagreements over the issue

Isn't it true, Secretary Chu, that you espouse European gas prices for the United States?

the importance of the local communities

And will you meet with Nye County to initiate a cooperative negotiated process?

I am an original sponsor on Dr. Gingrey's bill along with Dianna DeGette, Anna Eshoo, Gene Green and other members.

If the Federal court orders you to pursue the Yucca application at NRC, do you have the staff to pursue it?

I would think that the Department of Energy would welcome that because the Blue Ribbon Commission said two things, right?

Would you do that for me, please? Thank you.