Let me ask this way: Have those studies found that anyone was hurt as a result of the Three Mile Island accident?

I would think, though, it is an opportunity, since you are already familiar with this kind of reactor, to review your application process and look for ways, while maintaining your gold standard safety requirements, of streamlining your…

one of the problems we need to solve that we agree we need to solve is where to put used nuclear fuel.

If we can move ahead more quickly on an interim storage site authorized by the legislation that Senator Feinstein and Murkowski and I and Cantwell will introduce, or if we can move ahead more quickly with a properly licensed private site…

I'd like to thank the Commission for working so closely with Senator Feinstein and me over the past few years to reduce the Commission's budget to more closely reflect its actual workload, while maintaining its gold standard of safety.

Do you believe that we would be able to place used nuclear fuel in a private consolidated storage site more quickly than we would be able to place it in Yucca Mountain?

Do you have an estimate of how long it would take between here and the license for Yucca Mountain?

We hope to make higher education a top priority soon.

There are basically two ways to be the Education Secretary. One is an advocate--better schools, higher standards, better teacher evaluation, and more school choice. The other is orders from Washington.

We have bipartisan proposals that would simplify the number of loans.

Will you make a priority and give your attention to the dozen proposals within the Kirwan-Zeppos report?

I endorse Lieutenant Colonel Dan Gade, USA, Ret. for confirmation as an Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner.

I am concerned, as are other members of this committee, about the Administration's hiring freeze.

I support quickly moving the reauthorization recommendations sent to us in January.

I look forward to hearing your testimony on these important issues.

We believe he will bring a wealth of knowledge to the position and be an important advocate for the health care community.

So I will just ask one question.

Like any other system, leadership in supercomputing is absolutely essential because the Chinese and other nations use a supercomputer for just the same advantages that we seek to achieve in this country.

I am delighted to welcome Dr. Thomas Zacharia to the Committee.

NRF urges members of this committee and the Senate to support the nominee and move toward confirmation without delay.

We urge the committee to give him swift consideration and coordination for this important role.

Mr. Acosta understands firsthand the balance between promoting free-market, pro-growth policies that create jobs and grow our economy while protecting workers' rights.

This Congress has been a little slow in finding things on which we can agree, but one thing we do agree on, as has been said, is the importance of biomedical research.

Andy Puzder would have made a really good labor secretary. He has the experience and background to do that. I respect his decision, however, I understand it.

We need to stabilize the individual health insurance market.