Bernie Sanders actually said...

"Impatience or extreme is not a quality that I would like to see on the Commission."

"Commissioner Svinicki has, consistent with an industry request, required that Fukushima reforms be subject to a cost-benefit test that could water down their effectiveness."

"Everybody agrees that the function of the NRC is to protect the safety of the American people; that is its job; it is not to be a proponent of nuclear power, and in the case of Vermont, against the wi..."

"I want to see the Commission do everything possible to protect the safety of the American people."