"Coal miners mine coal, take it to the power plant. Good paying jobs, good benefits, tough work."
"Good paying jobs, good benefits, tough work. In the coal regions around the world, they are critical to the southern Illinois economy."
"Great. Thank you. This committee has previously established that NRC has enough funding to complete and release the SER in our February 28, 2013, so we are not going to allow you to commingle this fin..."
"As you have just read, releasing the SER is the very next action for the NRC to take."
"John Shimkus, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement."
"I don't think the staff should attempt to set policy on a matter on which the Commission has not yet reached a conclusion."
"I expect some of my colleagues will likely share some additional concerns with your response."
"I am concerned the Commission risks undermining this balance by shifting to an unlimited application of the defense-in-depth philosophy in reaction to the Fukushima accident."
"Collegiality is great, but just signing a letter because that is the majority way instead of you have opposition and you have a better way to do it, stand your ground."
"If major financial institutions can call someone and ask about an improper payment that is outside their area within 12 hours of the payment being made, for the life of me, I don't understand why that..."
"I think the best way to get out of this mess is to just owning up to when there is problems and also bragging about the successful deployment."
"The original mission of the Department of Energy was to decrease our reliance on imported crude oil."