Lamar Alexander actually said...

"This committee has a long reputation for bipartisan commitment to ensuring that our country is prepared for any and all threats."

"I want to begin by thanking you and the Department for something."

"I think you have testified that you are doing everything the courts ordered you to do in terms of proceeding towards completing Yucca Mountain, correct?"

"I look forward to our getting our nuclear waste bill done that we have worked for 4 years now."