Lamar Alexander actually said...

"The answer is, yes, it is safe to use."

"most of NNSA's responsibility are in support of the U.S. military, and this appropriation ought to be treated in part like Defense spending."

"the President agreed with that in connection with the vote of the new START Treaty, which I supported. I think it was a wise treaty."

"we have a Government that is collecting $2.2 trillion and spending $3.7 trillion, we have a lot of tough decisions to make."