Nita Lowey
The Public Record
I would really highlight three key areas, and these were areas that the President highlighted as major challenges for the country going forward.
Yet Speaker Ryan, I understand, is entertaining cutting entitlements through appropriation bills instead of through authorizing committees.
The budget invests more than $2 billion in additional resources to take the fight to ISIL.
In fact, since 2009, under President Obama's leadership, Federal deficits have fallen by nearly three-quarters.
It is unclear whether House Republicans will even offer a budget of their own.
I was disappointed because we did make--and I said this before you arrived, and I want to compliment you directly for the bipartisan work.
Does the NRC actually believe the evacuation plan for Indian Point is feasible?
I think you have a lab perspective, which is critical for the work that you do, but it is a little bit hard to integrate your programs, and I do not think it serves America as well as it could.
If a fifty mile area around Indian Point were to be evacuated every resident of West Chester County, New York City, even parts of Long Island would be forced to evacuate.
So then the question is are there steps that the NRC plans to take to ensure the Indian Point evacuation plan is updated to reflect the additional risk of a pipeline in the vicinity.





