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INHOFE DISCUSSES NUCLEAR ENERGY WITH GLENN BECK
Thursday October 25, 2007
Posted by matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov (6:06pm ET)
Note: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will be holding a hearing next Wednesday, October 31, 2007 on the "Examination of the Licensing Process for the Yucca Mountain Repository."
Tonight, October 25, 2007, Senator Inhofe will be a guest on the Glenn Beck Show on CNN Headline News to discuss his support of increasing nuclear energy. The show airs at 7pm, 9pm, and 12 am Eastern. Visit Glenn Beck's website for more information on his show.
The development of safe, clean and affordable nuclear energy future has long been a top priority for Senator Inhofe. Since joining the EPW Committee in 1995, he has worked closely with his EPW committee members to increase critical oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). As a result of the committee's vigilant oversight, the NRC has moved to a risk-based regulatory process that is more objective, efficient, and predictable.
Recently, Senator Inhofe welcomed the news of NRG's filing of the first nuclear reactor license application in nearly 30 years with the NRC for two new reactors at a plant in Texas. NRG's application is the first to be reviewed under NRC's new combined construction and operating license process. Senator Inhofe, as chairman of the EPW Committee in 2005, helped ensure passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT05) which included a suite of new reactor incentives.
Read more about Senator Inhofe's strong support of nuclear energy:
SENATOR INHOFE: NUCLEAR POWER USE MUST BE EXPANDED (THE HILL, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007)
A strong, robust nuclear industry must continue to play a growing part of our nation's energy future, both for the sake of national security and environmental progress. Nuclear energy is clean, reliable, cost-effective, and most important, increases our domestic energy supply. Expansion of nuclear energy in the United States requires confidence in our government. The American public must be able to trust that the government will protect public health, provide nuclear waste solutions and provide confidence to potential investors.
INHOFE: AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE NEEDS TO BE STABLE, DIVERSE AND AFFORDABLE (THE HILL, JUNE 27, 2007)
Democrats recently managed to pass legislation they labeled as a "green energy bill." The fact is that the bill lacks energy and the green will be the higher prices families will have to pay if it is signed into law. The Democrats' plan for our energy future is to force Americans to cut back on energy consumption at a time when Americans are starving for affordable energy.
By passing this bill, Congress is telling the country to go on an energy diet. The majority's bill fails to provide for any meaningful increase in energy supplies or production, will increase the price of gasoline, and impose new mandates on energy providers translating to higher electricity prices for all consumers, but will hit low and fixed income Americans the hardest.
TOP TEN DEMOCRAT ENERGY BILL FAILURES
The Democrats recently passed Senate Energy Bill will increase the price of gasoline, do nothing for supply and production, and impose new mandates on energy providers which will increase the cost of electricity for all consumers. The Democrats claim to want to reduce prices at the pump, claim to support energy independence and help lower income Americans, but this bill fails to meet any of those goals. In particular, low and fixed income Americans will be hit hardest with higher gas and electricity costs for at least the next decade. The bill fails to secure an American energy supply that is stable, diverse, and affordable.
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