It's a national concern, I mean how we dispose of nuclear waste in a safe way, how we deal with this incredible amount of nuclear waste we have created over the years.

I mean, if you go back to 1960 on major pieces of legislation, the filibuster was used about eight percent of the time.

Well, I probably, I guess first became aware of the whole, what I call the nuclear complex or weapons work those kinds of things, right out of law school.

With existing technology, we can enforce airport security without sacrificing our personal privacy.

It’s happened to far too many Americans. You open up your phone bill and wonder why there’s an extra zero, or several, on the amount that you owe.

As a part of preparing those lawsuits, learning about those lawsuits, I learned about the various nuclear issues in parts of the nuclear production process I guess you'd say.

I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.