“If the gentleman would yield for another question, name a State that has one of the more rigid, restrictive, so- called protective environmental regulatory schemes in the Nation?”
I think it's good to have this and I think it's very good that we try to work to tighten up and, as the gentlelady just said, let's determine what the real intent is and then legislate accordingly.
I don't want to speak for the Department of Energy, but the draft legislation allows, without going through the appropriation process, funds generated by using this facility for private purposes to be used for maintenance of the facility.