If it is not being released in harmful amounts and if that is the opinion of scientists at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, someone should say that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

But if you have $100 and you lose $1, that is a problem. You don't want it to happen, but it is not necessarily harmful to you.

Sometimes I think oversight in Congress is the authority and constitutional responsibility we have that we exercise the least.

Mr. Jaczko, has there ever been a fatality as a result of an accident at a commercial nuclear reactor in the United States?

That didn't sound like a yes.

I salute Senator Carper for his leadership on clean air, and Senator Voinovich's years of work on the subject, and Senator Inhofe's leadership on the subject.

I have a couple. I don't mind if Senator Sanders wants to go ahead.

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.

The Senator from Vermont and I have some agreement as well as some differences of opinion on energy.

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.

Why don't we give it to the taxpayers? It seems to me that that would create a fan base like the Green Bay Packers fan base.

He or she is the boss.

we'd like to get the Government out of the car business--you said, yourself--as soon as possible.

I'm wary of--not to use a pejorative word--a czar with no boss in an area of such unprecedented importance.

Wouldn't it be better if this person reported to someone who was elected by the people?

I think all of us on both sides of the aisle see the need for the 500-mile electric battery or the photovoltaic cell that is much more efficient.

The Navy's safety record on small nuclear reactors is pretty good.

I was thinking of the Oak Ridge example.

I admire your service and the quality of talent that you have attracted to your Department and your independence.

I say this with due respect to Senator Lamar Alexander.

I compliment the work that the States have done so far, and I am watching it cautiously.

I personally believe we need and should have more nuclear power, especially if we are confronting the climate change issue.

If we have an interest in low carbon energy production, would it not make more sense to have a low-carbon energy standard rather than a renewable energy standard that picks and chooses particular forms?

There is agreement on some offshore drilling.