Jeff Bingaman actually said...

Regrettably, we were not as successful as the Blue Ribbon Commission was in reaching a unanimous bipartisan consensus.

In conclusion, and as we said to this committee in February, the national interest demands that our nuclear waste program be fixed.

I would again like to thank the BRC for their dedicated work in developing a path forward.

We commend you for your attention to the problem of chartering a new course for addressing this important problem.