Political Quotes

“once again I stand in strong opposition to the efforts to eliminate some of the critical nuclear research that is necessary for our country's nuclear energy programs. We fought these kinds of battles repeatedly, but I think it is important that we recognize, as we did in previous years, that the National Academy of Sciences has recognized this technology as critical, and the reports that have been talked about today do not correctly reflect the information that has come out of the National Research Council and their testing. In fact, as the gentleman from Illinois has already indicated, today's report states that notwithstanding the above information in the report, it is desirable that the process technology here that we are talking about based at national laboratories be kept viable as a problem solving resource. We must recognize that, according to the DOE, this research can significantly reduce the amount of high level waste in spent nuclear fuel. This offers us the potential key for the safe treatment of our spent nuclear fuel. Funding fur nuclear technology research and development was requested by the Clinton administration and the Department of Energy and authorized by the House Committee on Science. At these amounts, we are already seeing significant reductions for budget balancing purposes. Now we must follow the strong science in this country and support continuing nuclear research.”