Political Quotes

“First, this is a good deal for the proponents of this bill. They want to waive all the environmental laws, and they are saying the reason is because people might want to appeal, they might be protecting their rights, which is what you can do in this country. That is why we have NEPA. That is why we have all the laws set forth in the chart behind us. I also want to drop back a few minutes, Mr. President. The senior Senator from North Dakota was here. He was concerned about terrorism, but because we were running out of time on an amendment, we could not respond to his concern. I want to take a few minutes to respond to him. I hope if the Senator is not listening, his staff is, because this is, I think, extremely important to the question he asked. We have here a letter from the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League. Among other things, they say in this letter, dated July 29, 1996--what they are basically explaining is that nuclear waste is dangerous and terrorists will get to the nuclear shipments, and they proved it.”