"Should OMB reexamine the risk premium?"
"Don't you think that we should hold off on licensing new reactors on new reactor designs or approving new loan guarantees until we assure that these new reactors are safe and we have learned the lesso..."
"I think the American taxpayer really has to be protected here going forward."
"What interim safety measures are you going to require while you study the issue?"
"I authored legislation in 2002 that required the distribution of a potassium iodide to residents living within a 20-mile radius of nuclear power plants."
"But the plants are licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, not by the states."
"The Bush guideline was that for 10 to 20 miles, people should just start running or ducking under their bed."
"I would just hope that maximum credible earthquake would be reexamined after what has happened in Chile, New Zealand, and Japan."
"Do you agree that this legislation will dramatically increase our dependence on foreign oil because it prevents EPA from taking actions to reduce oil use from cars, trucks, planes, boats, trains, cons..."
"Do you agree that the views of these heroes that the legislation undermines EPA's regulatory authority that is critical to reducing the clear and present danger to the security and welfare of the Unit..."
"The people in the Gulf need more than just one token permit. One permit will not put thousands of people back to work."
"I believe most of us can agree that bigger government does not generally equate to better government."