Jeff Bingaman

We can do just that through a home retrofit program like the one the President called for in his State of the Union.

If you saw $20 bills flying out your window you would try to grab them.

Numerous studies have shown that energy efficiency improvements in buildings are among the most cost effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

They are designed to improve the energy efficiency in existing buildings, to reduce energy bills for residential and commercial buildings, to create jobs in building construction and building-related manufacturing sectors.

53 percent of that has to come from energy efficiency improvements.

Energy efficiency continues to be the most cost-effective strategy for strengthening our Nation's economic and energy security.

We thank Senators Bingaman, Murkowski, Menendez, and Kohl for introducing these bills and moving the discussion forward.

AHAM commends Senators Bingaman and Murkowski for the future focused provisions in S. 3059 regarding smart appliances and the smart grid.

By 2020, the program that the Department of Energy has in place related to appliance standards will have reduced national electric demand 12 percent below what it otherwise would be.

We recommend that all of these bills be grouped together and reported out of Committee on a bipartisan basis.

Dr. Triay, how many jobs have been created as a result of ARRA funding?

Dr. Triay, how many sites remain?

Dr. Triay, would having a separate EM contract for cleanup at Los Alamos be desirable?

Dr. Triay, what additional work is taking place at Los Alamos as a result of ARRA funding?

Dr. Triay, are you aware of any analyses or experiments being conducted by DOE EM at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) that are directed to high level waste disposition in salt formations?

My understanding is that the WIPP operations in fiscal year 2011 have asked for an additional $7 million to maintain current disposal operations.

The budget for the nonproliferation verification research and development account is flat if not declining from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015.

Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

Mr. D'Agostino, for fiscal year 2011 you are proposing to initiate a study on the Minuteman III W-78 warhead.

Dr. Triay, how many EM sites has EM cleaned up?

Dr. Triay, what activities does the EM program conduct that support the mission of the NNSA?

Dr. Triay, I understand that most of the stimulus funds will be used to clean up the old plutonium operations facility at Los Alamos or TA-21.

Dr. Triay, Los Alamos is a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) site and the NNSA directs the cleanup operations there. Does this pose a difficulty for you?

Mr. D'Agostino, do you support replacing the aging facilities for the NNSA service center at Kirtland Air Force Base?

I think the most important thing is our desire to get DOE's reputation back on track, with respect to large facilities.