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Sam Gibbons: “I urge every Member of this House to support the Gibbons amendment to this bill. Nuclear waste has a half-life of 10,000…”

On the recordOctober 29, 1997
I urge every Member of this House to support the Gibbons amendment to this bill. Nuclear waste has a half-life of 10,000 years. The opponents of this measure are thinking 5, 10 years down the road. Who is going to pay for the 9,990 years remaining on this bill and on this nuclear waste tab? It is going to be the taxpayers if we do not pass this amendment. The shortsighted opposition certainly has not got the best interests of the taxpayers of America in sight. Vote yes on this amendment.
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Sam Gibbons
Florida
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Advocating for the Gibbons amendment related to nuclear waste management.

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