Ed Whitfield: “Chairman Shimkus, I want to thank you very much for having this important hearing.”

Cumbersome red tape in our regulatory process forces ratepayers to pay more for safe, clean nuclear power.

We have no further speakers on our side of the aisle except for myself, and I think I have the right to close. I don't know if the gentleman from Illinois has additional speakers or if he would like to go at this time.

These new technologies and life-saving medical treatments are critical to develop and deploy at a timely pace.

If that happens and if you're still at the EPA I want you to go to Fairfield, Texas with Congressman Bill Flores and explain to those people who've lost their jobs how you've improved their environment.