Sam Gibbons: “there is going to be a $2.3 billion price tag for transporting nuclear waste across America. I guess the question should…”

“there is going to be a $2.3 billion price tag for transporting nuclear waste across America. I guess the question should be, and the one we should be asking is, should it be the responsibility of the nuclear power industry who, by the way, created and profited from nuclear energy, or should this price tag be picked up by the American taxpayer? Well, legislation now pending before the House will force taxpayers to pick up the tab, all $2.3 billion, for moving this lethal garbage through their neighborhoods and through their communities. On top of that, this legislation would also use American tax dollars to pay for the storage of nuclear waste. I think most Americans would agree that the cost of transporting and storing these hazardous materials should not have to be paid by innocent American taxpayers. Rather, it should be paid by those responsible: The nuclear power industry. Madam Speaker, let us save Americans' hard-earned tax dollars and return the responsibility of waste to the power companies who created the problem. Oppose H.R. 45. I yield back the balance of my time and what little money is left in the pockets of the American people.”