Absolutely. And if I might interject, there has been a lot of discussion here this morning about nuclear power.

by 2020 the House bill could reduce household income in my home State of Ohio by up to $261 per year on average, increase energy costs by up to 20 percent, and result in a net loss of more than 100,000 jobs.

You have no stronger proponent of urging the Congress and the country to accept the reality that we have to move to a vastly expanded base of our energy from nuclear power.

We need to go out and listen a little bit and perhaps share with those in the States what we know about it back here.

I am concerned that this bill is not fair, and I am concerned that it hurts consumers, especially Midwestern consumers, far more than it has to.

We ought to draw on that technology, as the Senator from Tennessee said and put together a strong package as a part of any legislation to help the nuclear industry come back again to the strength it once was in this country.

I would say that the American public has a high level of interest in this subject.

Very definitely. As I said, we are at a fork in the road, and right now we just cannot leave it to the executive branch.

I very definitely believe that.

It was worth every day of it. I miss it daily, but life, as Thomas Jefferson said, you have got to step off the path of public life and let those following behind take over.

As Senator Warner so ably pointed out, the United States and our young men and women into conflicts over water and other critical resource shortages.

But there is no greater honor that any person can have than to serve in this institution.