Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to join my colleagues in introducing the Nuclear Waste Administration Act. This bipartisan legislation, which has been years in the making, is also cosponsored by Senators Ron Wyden, Lisa Murkowski, and Lamar Alexander. This legislation represents our best attempt to establish a workable, long term nuclear waste policy for the United States, something our Nation lacks today, by implementing the unanimous recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future. First, the bill would create an independent entity, the Nuclear Waste Administration, with the sole purpose of managing nuclear waste. Second, the bill would authorize the siting and construction of three types of waste facilities: a ``pilot'' waste storage facility for waste from shut down reactors, additional storage facilities for waste from other facilities, and permanent repositories to dispose of nuclear waste. Third, the bill creates a consent-based siting process for both storage facilities and repositories, based on the successful efforts to build waste facilities in other countries. The legislation requires that local, tribal, and State governments must consent to host waste facilities by signing incentive agreements, assuring that waste is only stored in the States and communities that want and welcome it.…”