"We don't need to study these pills to know that they can prevent cancer. I believe that the Obama administration should immediately implement my law from 7 years ago."
"They are just like a toxic asset, literally and financially guaranteed by the federal taxpayers if something goes wrong."
"I think the American taxpayer really has to be protected here going forward."
"One of them is banker-in-chief to the nuclear industry, a socialist system that allows for the U.S. Government to provide taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for nuclear power plant construction in our co..."
"Are you going to reexamine it in light of what happened in Japan?"
"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 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."
"What interim safety measures are you going to require while you study the issue?"