Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Our sense is that there are things that can be done within existing authority at the Department of Energy to get started on this track."

"In the proposal in the Appropriations bill, of course, any site that is chosen, even as a pilot site, would have to be approved by the Congress."

"To think about using windmills when we have nuclear reactors would be like General Scowcroft going to war in sailboats when we had a nuclear navy available."

"We have conclusively demonstrated that we have a big difference of opinion over Yucca Mountain."