I think it is very difficult myself to come to any conclusion except that this Administration is ignoring the law

A secure grid is of utmost importance to our national security, of course, and our national economic interests.

More and more regulations are coming out being proposed by EPA relating to coal, for example, the utility MACT, which is going to cost an additional $10 billion a year to produce energy.

The Obama administration, and particularly President Obama, has done a tremendous job when he is out there speaking about how he wants to support energy.

I would much rather keep that 2 to 3.9 billion dollars in the pockets of our constituents in the Midwest rather than giving it to our close friends, our deeply held friends in Canada.

I take this time to make sure I put that into the record, give credit to Elliot Engel who has been leading this charge.

It is bipartisan with Steve Israel and Roscoe Bartlett.

Renewable fuels is good for farmers, certainly good for a lot of people in this country and it helps us become less dependent.

I also would like to revisit the Yucca Mountain issue simply because of the money that has been involved in it and the ramifications that decision or nondecision has on our country.

But from Mr. Shimkus's reading your testimony earlier, it would indicate that they feel like they voted on this issue, and from your perspective, they did not vote on this issue.

It is important that some decision be made at the NRC in a way that all of us clearly understand because when we have spent billions of dollars on the Yucca Mountain Project...