Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it has been represented that Senator Rudman supports this. Let me read what he said about this with regard to the semi-autonomous weapons agency: ``We do not believe that the environmental health issues should be stripped from where they are and put within the agency for nuclear support. I would not support that kind of change because I know what we went through back in the 1980s.'' I would commend this to the reading of the chairman of the committee. Having said that, let us look who else is opposed to this outrage, the National Association of Attorneys General. The chairman sent them a letter, but they still oppose the bill: ``We urge you to oppose the provisions of title 32 that would weaken the existing internal and external oversight structure for DOE's safety and health operations. Title 32 of the defense authorization bill would impair State regulatory authority, eliminate DOE's internal oversight of environmental safety and health, and transfer responsibility for waste management and environmental restoration to the entity responsible for weapons production and development.''”