Byron Dorgan

I think the Secretary and the Chief have taken action to provide some stability. And I think things are on track in the Air Force.

I don't remember sitting and listening to the fact that we're going to--we may end up having a 75-percent increase in per-unit cost for the one--for the Joint Strike Fighter.

I think it's likely the one thing that unites all of us on this committee is we don't know very much about the details of this spill.

Probably the ugliest findings are on page 62 of the report when the Corps admits that, on the crucial day, the morning of Sunday, May 2, when an elderly couple in Nashville had already drowned trying to get to church, only then did the…

First, the point the Senator from Connecticut made, which is so important, is effective regulatory authority. If we don't have regulations that work or regulators who care, what happens is what happened to us in the last couple years. We…

I wish to say as a starting point that I am very pleased that we have the bill on the floor now, open for debate, open for amendment next week. I hope we keep it on the floor and improve it in areas where it can be improved, make…

This is a hearing on bills to address tribal economic development, a lands claim settlement and an Indian irrigation project.

I wonder if we shouldn't do a conference call with the CEO of BNSF, Mr. Rose, yourself, the Governor, the congressional delegation; and, in that call, decide who's going to do what, when, and how we're going to get this fixed.

I think Congress just has to do better.

You just heard Senator Lautenberg--nobody's been stronger in the Senate than Senator Lautenberg.

I'm hoping that quick action can be taken to begin the work to resolve that issue.

I think rail passenger service is an important part of the transportation network.

We need to find a way to get enough capital into this rail passenger system so that you can make decisions in the intermediate and longer-term.

I support some additional nuclear energy in this country, and my hope is that my colleagues and others will support finding ways to get clean, less expensive energy where the sun shines and the wind blows.

I think everyone concedes...nuclear power is going to be a part of our future and we are going to see additional plants built.

Without having a long discussion about it, those who are working on climate change in the Senate breathlessly announced that cap and trade is dead.

I hope you will be available if we wish to submit some written questions to be able to respond to them.

But in many ways, the question is transition to what, and we are in a frantic search for what.

I think with those things, I believe in the next 50 years, we can greatly reduce the transportation need for external oil.

There is an old saying that if you do not care where you are going, you will never be lost. And so the question is, where are we going? Where are we headed with respect to energy policy? What is our destination?

We have really disserved wind energy and some others with what we have done on the production tax credit.

I am very interested in beneficial use of carbon...bringing the price of carbon down to near zero if they find the right beneficial use.

I happen to think that we ought to pick some of these areas--nuclear would be fine, as well as wind and solar--and say here is where America is headed.

We had a scientist from Sandia testify at one of our hearings, and she said, change your mind set a little bit.

We have chosen a room in order to demonstrate that America has an energy problem.