"It is appropriate and necessary for Congress to evaluate the effectiveness of the EPA in fulfilling all these roles."
"Quality science is an essential requirement in creating these regulations."
"Don't breathe the air. It might kill you."
"nuclear energy is an integral component of America's energy portfolio. One hundred and four currently operating commercial nuclear reactors deliver a clean, affordable and reliable energy source that ..."
"This is the Science Committee, not the Politics Committee, and this hearing is not only justified but owed to the American public who longs for solutions not beholden to politics."
"President Obama's unilateral decision to discard decades of the scientific community's hard work and ignore the current law on the books has thrown United States nuclear waste management policy into d..."
"Nuclear energy is an integral component of America's energy portfolio."
"We have spent, as I said in my opening statement, billions of dollars, many of years studying it, and all the science that we are aware of right now says that the nuclear waste can be stored there saf..."
"Chairman Hall, Dr. Broun and myself have sent multiple letters to the NRC demanding release of this information and action on the license."
"So then, you don't--the administration really doesn't think it is a priority to go down to those depths or those widths?"
"What are some of those other potential uses that could be more important than actually dredging a harbor to accommodate these new ships?"
"So you think it is a more important use of those funds to deposit them in the treasury than to invest them in harbor maintenance?"