I take great pride in the fact that this committee has transformed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission into one of the best and most respected regulatory agencies in the world.

I will tell you that I am going to be watching the Commission and doing everything on the outside to promote the nuclear industry in this country.

Our country does need nuclear power--and the jobs, the energy security, and the environmental benefits it provides.

I rise today to urge my colleagues to support the Conrad-Gregg amendment. I believe the issues this amendment is designed to address--our national debt and deficits as far as the eye can see--are two of the most important issues Congress…

David Walker, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, former Comptroller General of the United States, has long advocated a special process to get our Nation's fiscal house in order. Mr. Walker has testified: Clearly…

I do not believe that we would have had what we are getting today without this visa waiver legislation.

What I would like to know is: What information did they have? Who made the decision?

If it is needed, let us appropriate the money for it.

I think is enhancing the security of the United States of America and also something that is extremely important to this country's public diplomacy relationships with many countries who are our friends.

At some point, that has to stop, and it will.

A final vote on the recommendations would occur before the 111th Congress adjourns.

You need dramatic and fundamental reforms. You need to engage in movement politics.