Lamar Alexander actually said...

"The recommendations of the Nature Conservancy paper, I hope, are something this committee would take seriously."

"My objection to this bill is--I see the problem. I agree with the problem. But I see no need for us to send manufacturing jobs overseas by deliberately raising prices of electricity by putting a cap a..."

"According to the Department of Energy, the direct jobs produced by 100 new nuclear reactors would be 250,000."

"My view is that if we built 100 nuclear plants, if we electrify half the cars and trucks, and if we had mini-Manhattan Projects in energy R&D, we could reach the Kyoto goals in 2030."