William Bryan: “The subcommittee reported to the full committee a revised version of H.R. 45--the latest in a long string of legislative…”

“The subcommittee reported to the full committee a revised version of H.R. 45--the latest in a long string of legislative efforts to single the State of Nevada out as the dumping ground for the nuclear power industry's toxic high-level waste. The bill approved by the subcommittee today consists of a now familiar assault on the environment and the health and safety of millions of Americans, both in Nevada and along transportation routes throughout the Nation. It requires the expenditure of billions of taxpayer dollars on a completely unnecessary and misguided 'interim storage' facility in Nevada. It makes a mockery of the National Environmental Policy Act process, and preempts every local, State, and Federal statute or regulation that interferes with the nuclear power industry's crusade to move high-level waste to Nevada, no matter what the costs or consequences may be. The bill is an unprecedented power grab by the nuclear power industry, trampling on the most fundamental states' rights.”