It is important to get this testimony into the public record so we can potentially act upon it.

I want to thank you again for your leadership on this and trying to figure out a solution on the derivatives side.

I thank the President for filling this void on the TVA board.

The President also endorsed $54 billion of support for loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants.

The TVA is very important to the Tennessee Valley area. It spans multi-States, and it has multiple energy sources.

The by far most appropriate clean energy for our region is nuclear power.

The President said in his State of the Union address that he looks forward to a new generation of safe, clean nuclear reactors.

I think I have been known for my brevity in the short time that I have been in the Senate. I don't plan on changing that.

It gives me great pride to be here. I thank you for having the hearing.

I think what we have all been talking about is that if you fail, you don't exist anymore.

I was struck by your testimony regarding all institutions, that no institutions should be too big to fail.

I think the Volcker Rule is--I think the goal of it is one that all of us would like to achieve, and that is figuring out a way that institutions are not too big to fail.