kizinger, for his discussion draft. i think we share many similar concerns regarding the nuclear industry and i'm optimistic that we'll be able to find some common ground on solutions. though i couldn't help but notice the acronym for your bill is nucpa which i find somewhat distressing but i'm certainly encouraged by bringing attention to these issues the punuclear industry is facing and i do hope we can work together on solutions and by coming up with a different acronym than the one you've chosen. thank you, i yield back. >> gentle lman yields back so that concludes the opening statements. and i'm going to introduce the witnesses individually before they speak, so first of all we have mr. marvin fertel. president, chief executive officer for the nuclear energy institute. thanks for being with us. we look forward to your testimo testimony. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member rush and members of the subcommittee. on behalf of the commercial nuclear energy industry, i want to t

kizinger, mr. upton is not going to be here, so i want to give you his time -- >> thank you. >> all right. >> if mr. latta wants to talk some more, he can talk more, too, then. this time i'll recognize mr. rush for his five minute opening statement. >> i want to thank you, mr. chairman, for holding this important hearing today on hr-4979, advanced nuclear technology and development act of 2016. and the nuclear utilization of keynote energy policies act. mr. chairman, as we move toward a reduced carbon sustainable energy economy, there's no doubt that nuclear energy will need to play an instrumental role in order to reach those objectives. while today's fleet of nuclear reactors utilize light water reactor technology, more intention is now being paid to the use of non-lwr reactor designs and that have been demonstrated by the department of energy but are currently not licensed for commercial use in the united states. in fact, mr. chairman, emerging innovative designs of advanced non-light water reac