Jeff Bingaman: “I am beginning to doubt that I am going to persuade the sponsor of the bill of the merits of my amendment. But let me at…”

“I am beginning to doubt that I am going to persuade the sponsor of the bill of the merits of my amendment. But let me at least conclude by saying that again my amendment does not in any way take away the requirement that the information be obtained. It says the information must be obtained so that discussion can and should take place on the Senate floor. I just doubt the wisdom of us putting in a Federal statute that it is out of order for us to consider legislation dealing with the treatment and disposal of nuclear waste. It should not be out of order for us to consider that legislation. And a person who wants to consider legislation in that area should not have to come to the floor and overcome a procedural hurdle in order to have his proposed legislation considered on its merits.”