Lamar Alexander actually said...

"I am opposed to that. I think we need a low cost clean energy strategy."

"We worry about nuclear power but it provides 70 percent of our clean electricity, no sulfur, nitrogen, mercury or carbon."

"I figured out that even if we electrify half our cars and trucks, we would still need about 10 or 11 million barrels of oil, of crude oil, a day."

"Did you consider whether it would be a good idea for the oil industry to self-insure in the way the nuclear industry does?"