I want to send a message that our industry is going to be able to get you gasoline after the skies clear, but we just can't get the ships in here.

Exactly how it's going to get done yet, there's still some discussion in the House and Senate. But there is movement on the thing; it seems to be going forward.

Our industry has long said there is a necessity for a balanced diversity of fuels and nuclear has to be part of that equation. There seems to be a real seriousness [on the part of the state] in trying to make sure we are prepared. And that's healthy.

TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all.

What we're going to do is try to get TSA out of the human resources and personnel business and into the security business to connect the dots.

When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow to 67,000 employees. As TSA has grown larger, more impersonal, and administratively top-heavy, I believe it is important that airports across the country consider utilizing the opt-out provision provided by law.