“And, finally, Madam Speaker, I yield 45 seconds to another member of the committee, the distinguished Mr. Mike Rogers from the great State of Michigan.”
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.
I am a little bit skeptical if we are doing this simply because we don't like natural gas power, we don't like coal power, we don't like nuclear power, because that would be an added cost that somebody's got to bear.