WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 18:  Senate Appropriations Committee Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) delivers an opening statement a hearing on Capitol Hill  May 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. Energy Secretary Steven Chu was testifying before the subcommittee about the Energy Department's proposed FY2012 budget.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)