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Good morning. Welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies. I am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. I know it has been seven months since we had you before us and i know we all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. Despite that passage of time many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. For example, i asked about the investigation into phone carrier selling the realtime location of nearly every american. Mr. Chairman, you told me even after more than one year had passed we still cannot tell whether thi...

Morning. Welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies. I am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. I know it has been seven months since we had you before us and i know we all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. Despite that passage of time many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. For example, i asked about the investigation into phone carrier selling the realtime location of nearly every american. Mr. Chairman, you told me even after more than one year had passed we still cannot tell whether this pra...

Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order we are meeting to examine an issue that effectively weve been at a stalemate for quite some time. What we should do with used nuclear fuel accumulating at the Nuclear Reactors. At a starting point we should recognize that Nuclear Energy is an important part of our countrys electric generation. I believe its a vital part of our mix. The large reactors not landscape provide reliable admissions free power to communities across our country. Our Nations Nuclear industry is critically important but it also faces a number of challenges and one t...

Next, a hearing examines options for temporary and permanent Nuclear Waste storage. Lawmakers considered legislation and the future of the Yucca Mountain site in nevada. Held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, this is about two hours. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were meeting to examine an issue that weve been at a stalemate for for quite some time. What we should do with the used nuclear fuel that is accumulating at our Nations Nuclear reactors. As a starting point, i think we should recognize that Nuclear Energy is an important part of our coun...

This hearing is an opportunity for us to consider the next steps on Nuclear Waste. Do we try to find another pass forward especially for communities are maintaining sites with the fuel caps left on hand in 2010 they convened a blue River Communications to manage the cycle. They had a number of recommendations that led to the introduction of the Nuclear Administration waste act. This legislation has been led by number of members including senator alexander, both on this committee, i have been a sponsor of the legislation with senators alexander and senator feinstein. And my partners on energy a...