And that understanding among the agencies is part of this review that you are doing?

Oh, I have to tell you, 1 percent, it is amazing.

So the majority of them go through the regular system----

I am eager to learn more about this issue as well as the other obstacles that could be avoided with better oversight and management of our security clearance process.

I introduced a bill with Byron Dorgan called NESA, the National Energy Security Act, and one of the reasons I did that is because of the fact that I have been concerned for a long time that we haven't harmonized our energy, our economy…

The other thing that I want to comment on is the issue of--in your testimony, you talked about a major reason why low carbon renewable resources and energy efficiency are not used more extensively, that the cost of greenhouse gas emission…

What we need to look at is nuclear; we need to look at coal.

It seems to me that today over 60 percent of our oil is coming from overseas, and about 60 percent of that is coming from the OPEC nations.

I wish the President, when he talks about the issue of becoming oil independent, should talk about the fact that not only are we going to use less, but we are going to go after those areas where we can responsively find oil.

You are talking about natural gas. We encouraged our electricity to go to natural gas. Our gas prices went up to the top.

the crucial factor that will determine whether we have an effective climate policy is the extent to which that policy will encourage the development and deployment of needed technology.

Tackling the climate change problem is not something we can do alone.