"We do not want any more fossil fuels at all. We do not want oil, heating oil, natural gas, diesel fuel, clean coal."
"I would like a response."
"They came to New Mexico and said, 'Hey, we want to open a nuclear waste dump in your state,' and New Mexico said, 'No thanks.'"
"New Mexico has been a dumping ground for nuclear waste since the nuclear program began in the 1940's."
"The United States has never apologized. The United States has never provided any kind of medical support for the people that they bombed, here in the United States."
"I am just not sure what is preventing the Department of Energy signing this document to fund so that we can help save lives."
"Actions need to be taken to remediate the damage that has clearly, and what we know has already been done, before we start talking about expanding nuclear energy in this country."
"I implore the Biden-Harris Administration and the Department of Energy to use every tool in its belt..."
"I understand that there is a unilateral administrative order from the EPA, authorizing the use of the judgment fund to clean up the West Lake Landfill site that the DOE still has not signed."
"I understand that the specific problematic sites in my district are now under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps because, in 1997, Congress transferred execution of Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Ac..."
"I am concerned about further developing nuclear power in this country before its history of radioactive contamination is effectively and appropriately addressed in my community and others like it."