I hope you will be very aggressive about telling us where you think there are the holes, the loopholes in the law that need to be filled.

I know that President-elect Obama is going to make a priority, I think, out of cleaning up hazardous waste sites.

I think it is great that President-elect Obama is proceeding and has put your nomination forward, a career person who has worked in this area.

President Obama has bold plans for addressing the major environmental issues of this century.

I wanted to receive assurances from you that you will continue to focus on that commitment and make sure those resources are forthcoming.

I look forward to supporting your confirmation on the Senate floor when that occurs.

Again, I want to emphasize that by doing so, then we will send a message to other workers in other parts of the country that as we clean up places like Hanford, we work in Ohio and Oklahoma and South Carolina, Nevada, that those promises will be kept to those people there who worked so diligently.

I would like a commitment from you that once you are confirmed, that you take a close look at these three issues, ongoing cleanup, worker health, and property damage claims.

I want to commit, like Senator Alexander did, to make sure that the victims are made whole on this.

So what eventually is going to happen with these substances? What is your plan you have right now to deal with these thousands and thousands of pounds of toxic substances and hazardous substances?

I hope we look at the full costs here in terms of all of our energy sources.