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I appreciate that. The reason we gave it to the NRC is because we used to do it within the Department of Energy and the Department of Energy did not take it very seriously, and so we gave it to the NRC which I think you have done a good…
The government must live up to its responsibilities to our nation and provide for the eventual safe disposal of commercially spent fuel that is currently stored at these sites.
In addition to $10 billion we have already spent on Yucca, the Department of Energy estimates that we have $27 billion of liabilities deriving from our failure to meet our legal obligation to dispose of this waste.
It would be nice to actually get things done on time.
I would like to thank all the subcommittees again for their hard work on the fiscal year 2016 omnibus bill.
The infrastructure issue that has been raised is a red herring, if you will.
This is really not an issue or a problem that is seeking for a solution, a non-existing problem.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I call up the Crapo-Carper-Fischer Amendment No. 1 regarding pesticides over water.
The fact is the language in the bill does allow the Corps to protect infrastructure in terms of not allowing firearms to be brought onto infrastructure facilities.
I would just say, again, as I said just a moment ago, all of these problems that the opponents of this amendment are bringing up are not a result of pesticide applications under FIFRA.
What it does so simply, it tells the Forest Service that you should be using your prevention money for prevention instead of putting the fire out.
I am just tired of talking about this, you know? We all know what the problem is.
The people in Idaho do not particularly look at the Federal Government as a good neighbor when it comes to management of their yard.
The problem here is very, very political, and I do not mean republican versus democrat.
I guess I disagree a bit that there is some similarity. I mean, they are so different.
Most Americans do not understand just how powerful this country is when it comes to military might.