Lamar Alexander actually said...

"We have to deal with the waste-stream situation as well as new starts. You can't pick one over the other?"

"We've got a chance to lead, finally."

"The small nuclear reactor--modular reactor is the future. Either we're going to embrace it or get left behind."

"Thanks, Madam Chairman, and thank you for the way you're approaching this hearing in your typical style, which is straightforward and with a fair presentation and an attempt to get the answers."