Political Quotes

“I will refer to a couple of other articles. A Seattle Times editorial, Sunday, June 2: If the Senate does not follow the House lead, the Energy Department must start over. The agency must look again at other finalists--Deaf Smith County, Texas, or Washington's own Hanford Nuclear Reservation. I refer to the Oregonian, Saturday, June 8: If Yucca Mountain is blocked, nuclear waste could sit forever in temporary, poorly planned sites all across this country, including the Trojan nuclear powerplant. Yucca Mountain is clearly the best option available. From the Washington Post, April 30: Congress should override Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn's veto and allow work on Yucca Mountain to proceed. But while years of investigation have not answered all of the questions, neither have they produced adequate reason to stop the project in its tracks. And April 21, the New York Times: There is no question that the transportation issues will need to be explored in great depth. But the appropriate place for those issues to be addressed is in a painstaking regulatory proceeding before the NRC. Not before a rushed Congress debate. So everyone understands, we are authorizing the licensing process in the sense that the administration will now be able, if we prevail on this vote, to proceed with a licensing process. That is all.…”