Pat Ryan actually said...

"I will again remind my colleagues that should we fail to get Washington's fiscal house in order, the biggest losers will be our Nation's most vulnerable."

"the Administration has--for I think political reasons--determined that Yucca is not a workable option."

"safe and permanent storage of high-level and spent nuclear fuel waste is a critical element to our long-term energy strategy."

"I don't believe we can learn more about nuclear waste storage that we don't already know."