On the recordOctober 2, 2003
The solution to our problems of disposing of radioactive waste is not to redefine them and say the problem's gone away because we came up with a new definition. That is essentially what the Department of Energy is asking to do, and I applaud my colleague for this motion. I thank the Chair of the committee for rejecting that. So I am glad we are going to support this, but I would say this is troubling to me that the Department of Energy has even made this request because I think it raises questions about their good faith, that they believe that the solution to cleaning something up is to define that it is already clean and we do not have a problem.
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