Rick Perry: “If you look at the bulk of Mr. Beyler's remarks over the last days and weeks, you will see a very politically driven…”

We think small modular reactors, advanced reactors are the real way to the future.

And I don't think anyone would argue right now that nuclear energy is healthy. It is not. And it is not because of the regulatory burden that has been in place, the political burden that has been put in place.

I hope we can agree that maybe it's time for us to have a red team approach to this, sit them in the room, and let's listen to what they come up with.

Washington, when they see a problem, it imposes these top-down mandates to what are uniquely local challenges.