Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"Thank you Chairman Bingaman, Ranking Member Murkowski, and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify today."

"The potential benefits of small, modular, nuclear energy plants are substantial and the technologies should be pursued and supported."

"The most fundamental question to consider today is how we should go about determining exactly which minerals and materials are critical?"

"But the main problem here is it hasn't been profitable for U.S. farms to produce these minerals."