James Inhofe actually said...

"When I first became chairman, you will remember this well, of the Air and Nuclear Subcommittee in 1997, it is kind of interesting that we had not had an oversight hearing with the NRC in 10 years."

"I am not naive enough to believe that he and his environmental friends actually like the nuclear industry."

"the aim of this Committee seems to be to put the industry out of business rather than ensure that the NRC is conducting appropriate oversight."

"This is not one of the questions I was going to ask but as an observation, it would seem to me that the lack of resources and personnel should not be a real strong point as it could have been in the p..."