I find that a disturbing answer.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

It is my firm view that 40 years is enough.

Do you think the State should have the right, from an economic point of view, to say no, we don't want a nuclear power plant?

Your job is to represent the best interests of the people of the United States of America on very difficult issues.

The State legislature recently voted by a 26 to 4 vote to say no, we do not think it is in the best interest of the people of Vermont to extend that contract.

What disturbs me very much, and I want to pursue this later, is my understanding is that yesterday, by a three to two vote, this Commission decided to urge the Department of Justice to get involved in that fight.

The decision of California to exercise that authority does not in itself constitute a basis for preemption.

I think every American understands that the very high price of oil and gas is having a very negative impact on our fragile economic recovery. Also, in rural States, such as Vermont, Montana, and other rural States, it is wreaking real…

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the people of the State of Vermont want to shut down a 40-year old plant that has had numerous problems

I believe in that. I agree with the people of my own State.

States certainly under the Supreme Court decision do have the right for economic reasons to determine whether or not they want a nuclear power plant.

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there are a number of huge issues facing our country. Our middle class is collapsing. Poverty is increasing. We are in two wars. We are concerned about global warming, the quality of our education, and massive unemployment. So this country…

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We have to stop looking at things as either/or, black and white, but looking at what is the combination we need.

I want to thank all of the panelists.

The fact of the matter is that we have to start this discussion by saying, we are failing our children.

I think, having said that, that as a nation we should be extremely embarrassed and ashamed, that in our country today we have, by far, the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth.

that seems to me to be totally absurd.

Madam Chair, I would just point out, here is an example where our military, a sore, serious problem, they responded intelligently and by and large what they did has worked.

The truth of the matter is, this issue is one of the issues in our country of enormous consequence and yet it doesn't get the discussion that it needs.

In some ways I think there are people who think we are back in the 1950's where Dad went to work and Mommy stayed home with the kids.

We have experienced this in Vermont--here you have people giving them the responsibility of nurturing children in the most impressionable years of their lives and we are paying them minimum wage.