John Barrasso

The cost to ship soda ash from rural Wyoming to ports and domestic consumers is substantial.

When one is working with Senator Inhofe together, I know of no stronger and better legislator in this building.

The Nuclear Innovation and Modernization Act is comprehensive. It is innovative.

I truly believe this legislation is a critical piece in addressing our climate and clean air goals.

Thank you very much for all your hard work on this and making sure we get something that so many of us could cosponsor.

I want to thank all of you for being here today to testify.

Terrific. The performance in the report and reporting provision in our legislation directs the NRC to expressly budget for the funding necessary to complete license reviews requested by the applicants and licensees.

Could I just followup? How would this bill improve the quality of the market impact analysis that the Department prepares for itself or contracts others to prepare for it?

We need to know whether and to what extent the Department's proposed sale or transfer of excess uranium will hurt America's uranium producers.

I want to commend you and commend your team for the good work that you have done in bringing to light the Department of Energy's mismanagement of the public stockpile of excess uranium.

I appreciate all of you being here. We are going to proceed with questions at this time.

This broadly bipartisan bill will strengthen American energy independence, foster innovation and job creation.

This bipartisan legislation will enable the development of innovative reactors with bold new technologies.

America needs to be a leader of nuclear development. We need to create an environment where entrepreneurs can flourish and create jobs here at home that will revitalize our nuclear energy sector.

Nuclear energy is clean, safe, reliable, and affordable. It is also a major boost for the economy.

I am a strong supporter of American nuclear energy. It is a vital component of our all-of-the-above American energy plan.

I want to thank all of our guests for being here.

We have to get some innovation to figure out how can we somehow use technology to be able to mitigate some of this risk.

I included that language in the Water Resources Development Act the Committee enacted last Congress.

The only reason that we should not be able to do something is because of the lack of funding.

I want to thank you for what you did to be able to get that pilot organized.

Do you believe that the Corps should have the good sense to step in to address situations like this?

I think we could solve this problem.

I think people looked at that and said, wow.

I look forward to continuing working with you on this, as we discussed in the meeting in your office, the critical need for this additional work.