Lamar Alexander actually said...

"You did what we asked in that you made specific recommendations, 36 of them, for Congress, some for the Department of Energy and the administration to consider."

"Some people think that every time the private sector gets involved, that is a bad thing. I am on the other side of that argument."

"Thank you, Senator Coons."

"Our national laboratory system is critical to our Nation's competitiveness, national security, and way of life."