Bowing to public opposition and budget constraints, Congress short-circuited the siting process.
We've known for decades that we need a permanent waste repository.
President Reagan signed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act into law and praised the bipartisan cooperation.
I think it was a valuable debate.
Thank you for weighing in and for sharing, with the Armed Services Committee and the Senate at large, your concerns abou...
Make no mistake: after seeing the nuclear crisis that threatened Japan this year, the American people want to know that ...
Our mission now must be to implement these recommendations quickly and completely.
We need strong regulators who put the interest of the public above the interests of an industry and wake up every day lo...
I have introduced legislation with Senators Whitehouse and Cardin.
I, too, appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today.
That area I think is one we ought to take a look at. I think that is a very good suggestion.
I think you have hit on one of the things that New Mexico has tried to do, maybe not well enough, but to coordinate and ...
I want to make sure in any piece of legislation that moves forward, it addresses the needs of Indian Country.
I do think the Federal Government's role can be to supply good information.
The water that is being used by agriculture in many cases is groundwater, and it is being depleted.
In our State, I believe I'm right, that by far the largest use of water is agriculture.
Utah and Nevada have a challenge over groundwater resources, as Senator Bingaman noted, that has not adequately addresse...
They have a very, what I would characterize as a very irresponsible set of water laws in Texas.
