Pete Domenici: “I am very pleased that early in the discussion of the energy bill an amendment on Price-Anderson extension is before the…”

“I am very pleased that early in the discussion of the energy bill an amendment on Price-Anderson extension is before the Senate. I am also very pleased that it has so many cosponsors and that it is very bipartisan, in particular on the issue of nuclear power and its role in America and the world's future. If we are looking for the energy of the future and if we are looking to have clean air, obviously nuclear power has to be looked at. I am grateful that today Senator Bingaman, the manager of the bill and chairman of the committee, is a cosponsor of the Voinovich amendment. It also has a number of other Senators as cosponsors, all of whom from time to time have expressed great interest in nuclear energy. I also would like to commend the manager of the bill, even though we didn't mark up all the way through the committee. Senator Bingaman's staff, the majority staff, are fully aware of the nuclear power issues that confront our country. If there are Senators who wonder why there are not a series of amendments on nuclear power and its future that are going to be offered--there will be two or three--it is because this bill contains general type language that will permit nuclear power to be a player in the future.”