Lamar Alexander actually said...

If we specifically appropriate general appropriation funds this year for you to continue the work needed to be prepared to take title to use...

General Klotz testified that operating the MOX project would cost at least twice as much as operating the dilute and disposal method.

The idea was to take an environmental burden and turn it into environmental benefit.

It does not help to have the annual appropriation drop to $64 million when there ought to be $900 million.