"Is there any real reason to do that other than that is the way we have always done it?"
"If our deadlines are too strict maybe we need to expand them a little bit."
"Well, a million years puts it beyond my tenure in this Congress. I mean, we are----"
"I think the political opposition will occur if not in the host community, in the surrounding host communities and the transportation routes no matter where we put it."
"For the first time, it will allow interim to have a chance to be certified as we look at the permanent repository."
"In 1982, I was a White House fellow in the Department of Energy, and I played a very minor, minor role in the drafting of what we now call the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982."
"The staff brief--the majority staff brief for this hearing says that the Yucca Mountain site has passed all technical and safety reviews and has been found safe to store high-level nuclear waste for a..."
"I am a proud graduate of Texas A&M which didn't make anything this year."
"Right. Well, I can't say that we are a total level playing field, there are people on these panels that disagree with that statement."
"I am opposed when they are causing the public the distress that they are causing them by increasing drug prices the way that they are."
"The transparency needs to happen. It needs to happen not only so we can bring down drug prices, but the things that is going to bring down healthcare costs all together."