We were all elected, and that is not easy to do these days, or maybe even before these days.

A lot of Senators wanted some new programs and they did not get them because we eliminated 49 programs.

So the Congress specifically said equitable resolution and left that to university administrators and boards and others to resolve.

But they have 6,000 institutions to accredit. It does not make any sense to me that you would spend the same amount of time on a well functioning university that everybody regards and the same amount of time on an institution that is in a…

Senator Bennet and I and Booker and Burr suggested it be two questions because that is the testimony we heard from almost everybody.

That is part of our legislation and it is part of the report. And I applaud you for doing that.

And if it is a guidance, it is not legally binding.

I do not think it is a very complicated equation. I think instead of tax credit for mature technologies to subsidize wind developers, most of that money goes to rich people who take tax deductions, and to subsidize oil and gas production…

I would add that Senator McConnell has said to the Republican Caucus that he hopes we move rapidly on appropriations bills this year.

I am for doubling energy research, but that costs about $5 billion.

If anybody thinks they have 60 votes to put something controversial on the bill, they can offer it on the floor.

Last year, Senator Feinstein and I included in the Senate energy and water appropriations bills language to clarify the department's authority to pursue private storage options. Do you support that language?

This is a major decision that Congress has to deal with and that the administration needs to deal with.

I think basically the administration has done something that other administrations have done for things they think Congress will find other money for.

My own view is that we should proceed on all tracks at once toward a solution, to finding a place to put used nuclear fuel.

We need to spend more and take our stewardship very seriously.

Would it not be a huge priority for this clean energy research to see if we can reduce the cost of carbon capture and find some commercially viable use for what we capture?

We are subsidizing windmills for the 23rd year at $4 billion.

I hope to hear the details about your alternative to dilute the plutonium material.

I think you are correct to try to address it in the budget, and we need to take sufficient time to deal with it.

But it would require new legislation, would it not?

I want to thank Secretary Moniz for being here today, and also Senator Feinstein.

But I am not convinced that we have the authority to use it.

The taxpayers are going to want to know from us why we are spending $500 million to $800 million a year on something where we could have saved that much money.

We have $24 billion in subsidies for oil and gas over the next 10 years.