Lamar Alexander actually said...

"So you'll be able to tell us about the same time you tell the Office of Management and Budget, which will probably be October, November, what you think it's going to be."

"I mean, isn't the question, is the project ready to receive funding for a 2-year demonstration about whether it works or not."

"Well, there's a competition going on for management of the Y12 project. And it's possible, it seems to me, that that competition could divert energy that ought to be directed toward keeping the projec..."

"Well, it seems to me, Madam Chairman, isn't the idea that the research and development (R&D) project is ready to be demonstrated for 2 years."