"We need to be able to work together to try to solve this on a long-term basis rather than this let's fix it for now."
"One of the biggest problems we face in this country, other than the debt and deficit we are facing in this Nation, is our infrastructure backlog."
"Most of them are reaching their expected life expectancy."
"Does an interim storage facility become a de facto permanent repository?"
"I suspect there has been waste."
"I would argue that we have actually got something out of Yucca, and that is a big hole in the ground."
"The thing I hear most from every community I talk to that is interested in it is that they do not trust the federal government to make interim storage interim, because in the long run they are going t..."
"the problem with Yucca Mountain is not technical. It is political."
"the residents of Carlsbad are very interested in potentially taking on an interim storage facility."
"Well, obviously one of the problems is we cannot get one repository open, let alone having two repositories."
"I think Congressman Simpson is suggesting let us at least keep the licensing process alive."