i happen to think while i've had disagreements with chairman yatzco, he's done a good job. i'll tell you what i'm upset about, the legal of personal attacks that have been waged against, from within this committee and within the nrc him tself. i believe those personal atakss were a smoke screen for a fi philosophical divide that existed within the nrc and exists there today. in this committee we have fundamental philosophical differences. no great surprise. i hope and believe it's not necessary to wage personal attacks against each other to disguise our philosophical differences, and i fear very much that has been the case within the nlc, i believe the commissioner has been a strong defender of the most important task of the nrc, and that is to protect the safety and the well being of the american people. and sometimes he's cast a lone vote. he's been outvoted 4 to 1. i think he's tried to do his job with dedication and sincerity. let me express a few words about some -- >> yield on that point as i told the chairman. >> can you stop the clock and allow senator inhofe to ask