On the recordMarch 3, 2004
If we didn't have the President we had at that point, we would already be building interim storage some place and it wouldn't have been the least bit dangerous to anybody.
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Pete Domenici
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congress.govIf we didn't have the President we had at that point, we would already be building interim storage some place and it wouldn't have been the least bit dangerous to anybody.
Domenici criticizes presidential leadership affecting nuclear waste storage progress.
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