we have in this bill is a more palatable standard with what we are able to get in as relates to new hydro -- excuse me, a new nuclear. we got some alaska hydro provisions -- excuse me, new nuclear. do i like it? no, but is it better? yes. so, again, there are aspects of the bill that i wish we could enhance more. i do not think we do enough for nuclear in this energy bill, and i am disappointed in that, but i think that is something you will see when you go to the floor a great deal more discussion about how nuclear will play a role in the emerging energy policy as we work to reduce our emissions. i think that that has to be a bigger factor, but we do make good strides in advancing energy. the clean energy deployment bank is, i think, critically important for us, and that is a provision that senator bingaman and i very early on came together on and said, "this should be a keystone, a cornerstone of our legislation," and i think that is a good, strong peace. we have got efficiency components and their that i think are good, a good energy work force training component -- we have got energy-

bill is a more palatable standard from the perspective what we were able to get in as it relates to new hydro -- excuse me, new nuclear. we got some alaska hydroprovisions. we got a better definition of biomass. there are things in that res that in my opinion make it work better. do i like it? no, but is it better? yes. so again there are aspects of the bill that i wish we could have enhanced more. i don't think that we do enough for nuclear in this energy bill and i'm disappointed in that. but that's something that i think you will see when we go to the floor a great deal more discussion about how nuclear will play a role in emerging energy policy as we work to reduce our emissions. i think that that has to be a bigger factor. but we do make good strides in advancing renewable energies. the clean energy deployment bank, i think, is critically important for us. and that's a provision that senator bingaman and i very early on came together on and said, this should be a keystone, a cornerstone, of our legislation, and i think that that is a good, strong piece. we've got the efficiency component