I trust that you make sure to meet Committee deadlines in the future.

It is appropriate and necessary for Congress to evaluate the effectiveness of the EPA in fulfilling all these roles.

Don't breathe the air. It might kill you.

Quality science is an essential requirement in creating these regulations.

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 supplies 20 percent of America's electricity.

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.

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 safely.

Chairman Hall, Dr. Broun and myself have sent multiple letters to the NRC demanding release of this information and action on the license.

Nuclear energy is an integral component of America's energy portfolio.

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 disarray.

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?