In this committee alone, the scorecard on 'All of the Above' stands at seven hearings featuring Drill-Baby-Drill and zero on clean energy.

The reference in the title of this hearing to 'Harnessing American Resources' is appropriate because we are in a horse race, Mr. Chairman.

We consume more than any other nation.

But the truth is our Republican friends have taken a terrible risk; they have bet it all on just one horse.

That horse is owned by the American people, in partnership with researchers, investors, and companies developing new technologies to produce energy from wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower, biomass, and other renewable sources.

But in this context the faster we burn down our reserves is the more power in the marketplace, those that have massive reserves for the balance of the century will have in terms of influencing the price in the market, since they work as a…

Rather than a blanket of roses at the finish line, the winner gets much more valuable prizes; lower unemployment, and lower energy prices for American families.

But the plants are licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, not by the states.

I would just hope that maximum credible earthquake would be reexamined after what has happened in Chile, New Zealand, and Japan.

The Bush guideline was that for 10 to 20 miles, people should just start running or ducking under their bed.

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.