William Bryan: “In addition, the letter outlines numerous other environmental and fiscal concerns that the administration has with the…”

“In addition, the letter outlines numerous other environmental and fiscal concerns that the administration has with the revised version of H.R. 45 and makes it absolutely clear that the bill moving through the House in no way removes the administration's strong objection to this legislation. I will also have printed for the Record a letter from President Clinton earlier this year which repeats his veto threat in very clear and uncertain terms. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that letter to this Senator, dated February 16, 1999, and signed by the President of the United States, be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: The White House, Washington, DC, February 16, 1999. Hon. Richard H. Bryan, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Dear Dick: Thank you for your letter requesting a restatement of my Administration's position on legislation siting a centralized interim high-level nuclear waste storage facility in Nevada. As we have stated repeatedly in the past, if legislation such as that passed by the Senate or the House in the 105th Congress were presented to me, I would veto it. Such legislation would undermine the credibility of our nuclear waste disposal program, by, in effect, designating a specified site for an interim storage facility before adequate scientific information regarding the suitability of that site as a permanent geological repository is available.”