Political Quotes

“The reality is that the final repository won't be ready until the year 2015. That is where we are; the permanent repository. We need that. But it will not be ready. We have a 50-50 chance of taking that waste. This poses an environmental and public safety challenge. I have indicated the risk to the taxpayers--currently $59 billion. Some electricity production may be shut down. Mr. President, we simply need the action now. However, we had a problem when the administration, in a communication by the Vice President, told a congressional leadership group this was not a matter that was up for consideration at that meeting. He inferred that we could leave the waste where it was until Yucca Mountain was built. After I heard about that statement, I postponed consideration of S. 104 and the vote on Mr. Pena so we could begin a process of attempting to work with the administration to get this back on track.”