Lamar Alexander actually said...

"But you are not saying that utilities should not move it."

"If we were--if Senator Feinstein, and I, and Senator Murkowski were to include in the energy and water appropriation bill again this year a pilot program for consent-based storage of nuclear waste, ar..."

"That is important for us to know and understand, so if as we go along this afternoon there is a different answer to that, let us know."

"But let me be clear: Yucca Mountain can and should be part of the solution."