Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4084) to enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and to expand theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4084 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act''. SEC. 2. NUCLEAR ENERGY. Section 951 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 951. NUCLEAR ENERGY. ``(a) Mission.--The Secretary shall conduct programs of civilian nuclear research, development, demonstration, and commercial application, including activities in this subtitle. Such programs shall take into consideration the following objectives: ``(1) Providing research infrastructure to promote scientific progress and enable users from academia, the National Laboratories, and the private sector to make scientific discoveries relevant for nuclear, chemical, and materials science engineering. ``(2) Maintaining National Laboratory and university nuclear energy research and development programs, including their infrastructure.…”