James Inhofe actually said...

"The NRC's workload did not increase the way that it was expected, but the Commission still increased its staff by almost 30 percent."

"Not only are the U.S. nuclear plant designs more robust than Japan's, but our significant cultural differences make it much less likely that we'll face the same problem."

"I would like to ask, Captain Ostendorff, would you think it is important for us to have the benefit of a complete report, even more complete than the one we have right now?"

"It is very significant that we keep in mind we need the nuclear energy, and there are some who don't want nuclear energy, and we don't want to use overregulation to accomplish the wrong goals."