"The Congress has fallen to a place that I think all of us find to be very distressing."
"We are known for gridlock, for inaction, and for ineffectiveness."
"I think that working together to resolve the questions that we have, to solve the budget concerns, to make Affordable Care Act is a laudable goal."
"Mr. Chairman, I thank you for your courtesy and commend you for this hearing."
"Has the Commission considered whether the D.C. Circuit Court's 2012 decision and the lack of a permanent storage facility will affect the continuation of existing licenses or possibly invalidate them?"
"Does the Commission plan then to take any further action here such as terminating the use of the facility and reviewing or bringing to a halt the development of the nuclear power in the country?"
"Madam Chairman, the Fukushima disaster obviously gave us a lot to think about when it comes to nuclear energy."
"I joined my committee colleague, Mr. Barrow, for whom I have great respect, and others to express concern about a pending decision that may require a significant number of nuclear facilities to instal..."
"I have been calling for it to be shut down for years. I was the first Member of Congress to call for its shutdown, probably 10 years ago."
"The bottom line is the siting of the plant, it is near the major metropolitan area in the country."
"I don't understand why there seems to be less of a threshold for relicensing of the plants than there is for a brand-new plant."
"Since the disaster at Fukushima, the need to shut down Indian Point, as far as I am concerned, has only grown."