Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague for yielding me the time. We should at least comply with the law. I would think that a law- writing body, Congress, and the Appropriations Committee should at least follow the law. Well, again, this rule doesn't do that, and this bill doesn't do that. Let me explain what I am talking about. Spent nuclear fuel and defense waste is at 121 sites in 39 States across this country. The DOE, Department of Energy, was supposed to take title to this spent fuel and this defense waste in 1998. Appropriators will like to hear this number. We spend unbudgeted out of the Judgment Fund $2.2 million every day--$2.2 million unbudgeted-- unappropriated through legal action because we are not complying with the law. {time} 1045 The Nuclear Waste Fund currently is booked as having $40 billion in it, Mr. Speaker, and that $40 billion comes from ratepayers, not even Federal money. It is people whose States have nuclear power. They pay into this fund to find a safe disposal site. Over the past 30 years, $15 billion has been spent. I brought examples of that $15 billion. Mr. Speaker, this is one box of five of the Department of Energy's scientific analysis of the safety of Yucca Mountain, the long-term repository. They finished that, and then they turned over all of their science. Let me tell you who was part of this billions of dollars of research by eight national labs, which comes through this appropriation bill. Eight labs, the U.S.…”