Mar 5, 2003
Regarding Los Alamos clean-up, the conference agreement on the fiscal year 2003 omnibus provides an additional $50 million for clean-up at Los Alamos National Laboratory consistent with the lab's performance management plan.
Pete Domenici
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Pete V. Domenici is a former United States Senator from New Mexico, serving from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his work on budgetary issues and energy policy. During his tenure, he played a significant role in shaping legislation related to nuclear energy and national defense. Domenici was also involved in various bipartisan efforts, particularly in the areas of health care and education reform. He was a prominent advocate for fiscal responsibility and was instrumental in the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
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Mar 5, 2003
Why have you abandoned the notion that long-term clean-up costs over the next 30 years could be effectively reduced through aggressive development of the technologies?
Mar 5, 2003
I do not believe there is imminent safety or environmental threat to the public.
Mar 5, 2003
Are there one or two items that you would like to share with us, either on the record or later, that are of importance to you with reference to being underfunded?
Mar 5, 2003
And it is a perfect setting for, where have we gone awry in being so frightened about what to do with spent fuel rods and what to do about them?
Mar 5, 2003
Well, it should not surprise you, if we do an energy bill, and we are well on the way to having one written, we are surely going to have a major section on the research and development of the car engine and whatever the United States is…
Mar 5, 2003
Senator Reid and I, and with help from Senator Stevens last week led the fight here in the Senate to add significant sums to the 2003 supplemental to cover projected heightened security costs.
Mar 5, 2003
I thought you were going to say that a quick look at how much money we spent every year for the last 10 years in this area, put up against how much of that technology has proved useful, that you might have arrived at the conclusion that we…
Mar 5, 2003
Senator Domenici was instrumental in securing $2.5 million for final design work and to prepare for the initiation of construction.
Mar 5, 2003
And you may properly instruct the machine so that, for instance, they will remove the plaque in your heart instead of having surgery.
Mar 5, 2003
Without your support, that record that you just referred to would have been absolutely impossible.