But these laws are new. They've just begun to take effect.

Well, my time is up, but you don't give equal credit to a new nuclear plant and a new wind and solar plant.

I'd like to ask you to consider this.

Unless we do something about this, we'll never be able to do anything about this.

this valley of death relates to the academic community who have wonderful ideas, but they don't have the funding

I think we should do that.

The Government Accountability Office and others have raised concerns that Federal funding directed towards early childhood programs has resulted in fragmentation and duplication of services.

Senator Murray and I on the HELP Committee are trying to get a few things actually done.

Doctors don't like their electronic medical record systems, by and large.

Senator Murray and I have formed a bipartisan working group on the HELP Committee.

What I would like to do is to move up toward the top of your list and our list doing something about electronic health records.

I can understand how Senator Murkowski feels about acquiring more land in Alaska because, the Federal Government owns so much of Alaska.

maybe we needed a conservation policy for the Western United States and a different one for the Eastern United States.

one of the major recommendations was to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and do it in a mandatory way.

I want to thank you and President Obama for your public comments and the private way you have worked with us in creating an environment where we have a better chance to succeed on No Child Left Behind.

Well, Senator Murray and I are ready for a walk in the park after No Child Left Behind.

Senator Murray must have been a good preschool teacher, because in preschool, you learn to work well together, and she understands that.

My concern is one way for the middle class to prosper in this country is through independent franchisees, and if the Labor Department or the NLRB insists on combining the franchisees and the franchisor (for purposes of labor law) then Ruby…

I would like to be spending the $6 billion on energy research instead of a subsidy that 22 years ago jump started technology.

After years of delay, Yucca Mountain can and should be part of the solution to our nuclear waste stalemate.

I want to be clear: Yucca Mountain can and should be part of the solution to our nuclear waste stalemate.

Governing is about setting priorities, and given our current fiscal constraints--especially on non-defense spending--we are going to have to make some tough decisions this year to make sure the highest priorities are funded.

The government's failure to follow the law not only imperils the future of nuclear power in our country.

If wind was mature in 2011, is it not even more mature today?

I fully support the current licensing process, but Yucca's legal capacity is 70,000 metric tons of used fuel.