I think you have a responsibility to ensure public health and safety in the face of a nuclear catastrophe that we know could happen here.

I expressed my optimism and hope that Chairman Macfarlane would restore collegiality to the Commission.

I am concerned that the NRC's consideration of post-Fukushima issues is not as structured and integrated as it should be.

History teaches us that nothing is more efficient than the free market.

Anyone who focuses on energy issues, I believe, has been amazed at recent discoveries of resources that make it possible for America to be energy independent.

Certainly, supply and demand affects price and if we can control price, we can be more competitive in the global marketplace, strengthen our economy, and create jobs.

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Energy prices are a function of supply and demand, and high prices are a clear sign that supply is struggling to keep up with demand.

The only thing you need to spur innovations that improve energy efficiency is profit-seeking companies responding rationally to high energy bills.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 267 is the result of the bipartisan effort of Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Congresswoman Diana DeGette, both members of the Energy and Commerce Committee. They've…

Have you ever had meetings with the President? I mean, have you ever heard him discuss when he made that comment how I'll bankrupt the coal industry--have you ever had a discussion with him about that?