Lamar Alexander actually said...

The project is not just important to Chattanooga, but to all of eastern Tennessee because of the number of jobs affected.

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

It makes life a lot easier, when we are approaching big, difficult problems, to have a level of trust and an interest in good management.

Senator Feinstein and I have been pretty aggressive the last 2 or 3 years on that.