Lamar Alexander actually said...

"This is a thousand-year rain event."

"To the Chairman, if the goal of the Department of Energy program for small reactors is to have two design certifications completed by 2015 and licensed by 2018, is the Department dedicating enough mon..."

"My impression, not to interrupt, but if you are a commander of a Navy vessel, and there is a single problem with a nuclear reactor, that is not somebody else's fault. Correct? It is your fault."

"I would have to observe that if we closed the Yankee Nuclear plant in Vermont, it would take about 1,800 50-story wind turbines all over the scenic hillsides of Vermont."