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Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. She was the first woman to hold this position, breaking significant barriers in a predominantly male political landscape. Throughout her tenure, Feinstein was known for her advocacy on issues such as gun control, environmental protection, and intelligence oversight, playing a pivotal role in shaping legislation in these areas.
Okay. And the rods now in spent fuels that you say are safe essentially forever, I guess, are you saying that they are safe for a millennium in spent fuels, and that you can predict that there will be no catastrophic earth movement, which…
We are hopeful that you will see fit to have an early hearing so that we can possibly develop a nuclear waste policy for our country.
To help solve this stalemate, Senator Feinstein and I will again include a pilot program for nuclear waste storage in the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill.
The real driver of our Federal debt is out of control mandatory spending on entitlement programs.
I really feel that that spent fuel has to have a place to go, so maybe it can be early in the line, I do not know.
I do not want the United States of America 10, 20, 30 years from now to suddenly wake up and discover that we are a country without nuclear power.
The legislation is consistent with the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, but my own view is that Yucca Mountain can and should be part of the solution.
I do not think I ever had a better person to work with in the Senate than you.
Can you tell me how you plan to finish the chief's report by December 2015 as promised without Federal funding?
He was involved in supporting critical national projects like the restoration of the Everglades.
I found it very surprising that there was a 13.8 percent drop in the Corps' budget.
Governing is about setting priorities, and unfortunately, the President's budget request for these agencies shows a failure to do so, in my opinion.
The lack of a completed chief's report has meant authorization of a potential project was missed in 2007 and 2014.
If the Sites numbers could get done, that would be very much appreciated, quickly.
This budget proposes cutting the Corps' funding to the actual level of spending in 2007. We are literally moving backward on an agency that is crucial to maintaining our country's infrastructure.
I look forward to working with you, and I think getting those feasibility studies done, as I said, it has been 10 years.
Well, will it be 1 month, 2 months, 6 months, or 6 years? It has been 10 years so far.
I am very disappointed at that action. So hopefully, we can reverse it. We'll see.
I would like to thank the bureau for working very hard to maximize water supplies in California under the most difficult circumstances.
I would really like to thank everybody for being here today. I very much appreciate your interest in this subject.
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