secretary, you know d.o.e., as you well know all too well, is central to america's role in international civil nuclear commerce markets through what is known as the part 8-10 process under the atomic energy act doe authorizes certain foreign sbe actions supper as technical nothing transfer and assistance on commercial nuclear power plants provided by our domestic nuclear industry. this authorization process has been the subject of scrutiny from both gao and this committee due to a long bureaucratic approval process, and i recognize that d.o.e. has been working to address these criticisms over the last several years by developing and implementing an updated streamline process. are you or the deputy secretary monitoring progress of these reforms? >> yes, we are. in fact, i would be happy to share with you some data that i saw just maybe two months ago, i think, in terms of some progress actually in terms of shortening the times because there were -- one of the issues is we've managed to -- with the inner agency because the d.o.e. is responsible, but we work with state and other agencies, a

as you know, applications for lng export have been increasing in recent years. since revising the approval process for lng applications in 2014, d.o.e. has been able to quickly approve applications after ferc completes their review. is that correct? >> yes it is. >> typically how long does it take d.o.e. to turn these applications around? >> it's been between a day and a few weeks since 2014. >> the energy conference is considering two provisions that would require d.o.e. to approve an application for export within 30 days of ferc publishing the final eis. proponents argue this deadline is necessary to ensure timely consideration by d.o.e., but given the department's track record, i find this arbitrary deadline to be completely unnecessary. in fact it could be detrimental to the ultimate approval of an export application. in light of recent events related to the jordan cove application in oregon, do you believe it makes sense to force d.o.e. to hastily make a decision on an application based on the final eis? >> we have consistently said we see no need for this. by performance. and as you've said, i think very correctly, there can b

matter what happens in the future,te i want you to know yo have an invitation to see the project up and running. a big part of that and mit a ane d.o. emm d. d.o.e. she's coming online. she will capture out'lle of one stack that's made by power from coal captured 95% co 2, use it to give oil about 65 miles south. it's the first viable carbon captured v project in america. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> and we're excited about it. >> we are as well. come by too. best barbecue at the rosenburg and pop by also rosenburg bob's taco stations. best in thein county. with thatat members, you have fe days to submit questions for the record without objection, this hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. >>> later today we have more from the white house. first lady michelle obama is in fairfax virginia stumping for the standard bearer, hillary clinton. watch miss obama's remarks live starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. eastern -- >> in any war, in any time, weapons dictate tactics. you've probably heard that the civil war was fought with modern w