"It is a historic opportunity. It hasn't happened on this committee on any major environmental issue in decades."
"Are you aware of the budget growth EPA has had in the last 5 years or so?"
"In your opinion, should inherently safer technologies take into account factors such as risk shifting, unintended consequences, feasibility, and economic impacts?"
"are we not significantly behind what was promised in those discussions?"
"when the Senate passed the New START treaty, there was a very clear set of discussions and agreement that that would be accompanied by major resources and modernization"
"I would suggest recent events with Russia, for instance, suggest that changes around the world may be more the norm than the exception."
"I am glad they do, but that's not answering my question."
"We're falling well short, already."
"Don't you think we're sacrificing something there?"
"Funding for NNSA weapons activities has come at the expense of nonproliferation programs."
"The NNSA and the National Labs are responsible for maintaining the effectiveness of our nuclear stockpile."