I mean, why did they say that?

Whenever people call us looking for employment we tell them we can't hire them, because the Federal Government won't let us.

I really compliment President Obama for his appointment of Secretary Duncan, who has a real heart for the job and a lot of experience.

TVA is thinking of one, which would be--they have a partner with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

It is, and I thank all five of the witnesses for the diversity of views here.

The small nuclear reactor--modular reactor is the future. Either we're going to embrace it or get left behind.

the President has said--he's appointed a distinguished commission to say let's look carefully at the very best ways to recycle used nuclear fuel as a way of reducing any proliferation risk and reducing the mass.

I want to go to a couple of points that the chairman raised, which I think are appropriate points, first.

And you mentioned the closing of the coal plant, Senator Feinstein, on the TVA region.

I'll be glad to go with you and talk to Harry Reid about reopening Yucca Mountain if you want to, but I don't think we're going to have any success.

Obviously, the Federal budget deficit makes it difficult to start any new programs, but a hiatus in creating new clean-energy options... will have us looking back in 10 years lamenting the lack of a technology portfolio needed to meet our…

We complain about the lack of a storage plan, but we won't allow storage at Yucca Mountain and we can't reprocess.

we're going to need as many good options of clean electricity as we can have.

Thanks, Madam Chairman, and thank you for the way you're approaching this hearing in your typical style, which is straightforward and with a fair presentation and an attempt to get the answers.

So the question is then what do we do, because we don't want expensive power.

I agree. I think the Holy Grail of--the scientist who figures out how to capture carbon from a coal plant.

We have to deal with the waste-stream situation as well as new starts. You can't pick one over the other?

We've got a chance to lead, finally.

The only one, Madam Chairman, I think it's important that we establish as a matter of fact I asked Dr.--Mr. Lyons, is there any Government subsidy to the operation of the 104 commercial nuclear plants we have today and his answer was, 'No.'

I support, for example, jump starting electric cars. The President has supported that.

You're saying that we should move ahead with the R&D phase as quickly as we can to see whether we should license the safety of these and the sites upon which they should go.

The country should lead when it comes to SMR because it is indeed the future of nuclear power.

the people who are in charge of looking at the safety of nuclear power and have so far presided over a system where there's never been a death in a commercial reactor and where no one was hurt at Three Mile Island and they have been so…

Spent fuel can be stored safely on site for up to 60 years past the licensed life of a reactor.

I would support subsidies for offshore wind, which we don't know how to do yet, but I don't support them anymore for the mature technology.