Lamar Alexander actually said...

"No policy or process involving nuclear waste can be successful unless it is consent-based along the way."

"Do you agree or disagree that if we in the Congress try to move as aggressively as we can to pass a comprehensive piece of legislation, that it is prudent to go ahead with the language in the Appropri..."

"So our thought with the appropriations bill was, can we take a step or two while we work out the comprehensive piece, or legislation, which would then take over the whole process."

"As I said in my opening remarks, whether you are for Yucca Mountain or against Yucca Mountain, we need to break the stalemate."