Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, why are we so bent on storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain? Is it because the U.S. has already conducted more than 1,000 underground nuclear bombs in the deserts of Nevada? How fair is it to ask the good people of Nevada to also be the sole keeper of our Nation's highly radioactive nuclear waste? How fair is it to transport nuclear waste across America's farm lands, which are easier targets for terrorists to attack? The fact of the matter is the largest concentration of nuclear reactors lies east of the Mississippi, and the risk of transporting highly radioactive spent fuel from these nuclear plants is a risk this Nation just cannot afford to take. Mr. Speaker, highly radioactive spent fuel or nuclear waste is one of the most toxic and dangerous substances known to mankind. For 10,000 years, highly radioactive spent fuel is dangerous to human life. Visit the Marshall Islands if my colleagues want to see the residual effects of some 66 nuclear bombs that were exploded in Micronesia.”