Lamar Alexander actually said...

I have called for a mini-Manhattan Project to find ways to capture carbon from coal plants.

Coal is an essential part of our energy future. But it is not necessary to destroy our mountaintops in order to have enough coal.

It needs to stop, and I hope that today's hearing will start us on that path.

I think back on the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.