William Bryan

It has not been. I want to assure the chairman that it is not our intent to be dilatory, but this is the first I have been made aware of that proposal.

The present state of the law, enacted by the Congress, prohibits a State that is being considered for a permanent facility to be the site of an interim or temporary facility. Moreover, at the request, as I recall it, of the Tennessee…

Mr. President, let me add, if I may, the significance I find in this piece of legislation that we are offering today. This has for too long a time been characterized strictly as a Nevada issue, and many of my colleagues have, obviously…

Absolutely. If you are looking at this in terms of the political consequences, there are four electoral votes in Nevada. Many States have many more. So if it was a political calculus made, the President's math was poor indeed. He supported…

It was indeed. Every Governor takes an oath of office in which he or she indicates they will indeed uphold those rights and responsibilities, and I did so, as each and every Governor has done not only in Nevada but throughout the country…

It is indeed. This I would say to my friend from Nevada is a litmus test of whether we just talk the talk or walk the walk. This is all about States rights. I cannot conceive of any attorney general or any Governor in America who would not…

I think the presentation made by the Senator from Alaska would maybe give the impression that somehow ratepayers would be victimized under the present system. I think some clarification needs to be made. I think it is important to…

That is, to advise all of the State agencies that were constituted by the State legislature or established in our Constitution, and to represent, protect, and defend the people of the State. That was my obligation.

By contract. And there are provisions, if I understand it, that specifically relate to the scenario that is going to occur, namely, that nuclear waste, its physical possession cannot be accepted in 1998, and there are specific provisions…

And the measure of damages, as I recall, that is in that contract, it is additional cost that the utilities will incur, and that additional cost would be the provision of additional storage during that period of time, if I am correctly…

Absolutely. Indeed, I would go further. It seems to me that it would be incumbent upon the department that wants to shift this, talking about 835,000 metric tons--we are talking about 17,000 shipments over a period of a number of…

Mr. President, I want to continue this discussion of my colleague. Each of us was thinking in the same frame of reference. He said no matter how much you dress up a pig it's still a pig. I learned as a youngster the old adage, you cannot…

I want to return to what I think is the fundamental flaw in this legislation, and that is that it is unneeded, unwise, and unsafe. When you ask who wants this legislation, the only one that is really pushing it, the driving force, is the…

They are not motivated by any political, geographic, sectional, or partisan bias. They are chosen because they have the preeminent qualifications. I believe the senior Senator was off the floor when I made the observation, we have had two…

I cannot, and, in point of fact, every nationally recognized environmental group that I can think of has indicated its strong opposition to this legislation as being unsound environmental policy. I think the point that the Senator from…

the junior Senator from Nevada has been criticized and taken to task somewhat because he has referred to this legislation as a ``mobile Chernobyl.'' In that criticism, it has been said, ``Look, what happened at Chernobyl is a different…

It was made in 1980. Neither the senior Senator from Nevada nor the junior Senator from Nevada were Members of this body or of the other one at that time. But then, as now, the nuclear utilities were urging the Congress to adopt interim…

Yesterday in the Senate Banking Committee American consumers were dealt a major setback. The committee was expected to vote out legislation that would have ended a practice that costs hundreds of thousands of homeowners millions of dollars…

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death to persons under 35, and the fifth leading cause of death in the Nation overall. Unintentional injuries kill more children over age one than any disease. It is astounding that there are…

And I say that we all lament the declining participation in the political electoral process in America. The 1996 election turnout was said to be the lowest since 1920. I would offer this as at least a significant contributing factor. There…

I believe what we are discussing today is central to the issue of meaningful campaign reform... the amount of money required to run a campaign for elective office. Money has become the dominant factor in deciding who runs, who wins and…

Mr. President, the Senate will soon cast a historic vote to decide whether Senate Joint Resolution 1 should become a part of our Constitution. This may very well be the most significant vote the Senate will cast in this session of the…

I do not want to transgress and separate that wall of separation between church and state, but I think there may be a period of redemption here for those who have not yet been enlightened by our view. It is always a pleasure to engage the…

I note that not all Democrats agree with the position I take in support of this amendment, and not all members of the same family agree. The very able and distinguished senior Senator from Massachusetts has made an eloquent statement here…

last month U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman, Ann Brown, came to Nevada to deliver her vital safety messages to my constituents in Las Vegas and Reno. Her timely visit, just before the holidays, when many people are…