Political Quotes

“Yes, that is absolutely the case. I say to my friend from North Dakota, I have only been to North Dakota once in my life. That was to meet with a number of people in North Dakota. Some of the people with whom I met were people from the power industry. I was very impressed with the State of North Dakota and how it helped supply power for much more than the State of North Dakota. It was quite impressive, to be quite frank. I say to my friend from North Dakota, and I hope he would convey this to the people that he is going to meet with tomorrow, having said that, I have been to North Dakota, been to Beulah. Right outside Beulah, they have this large power-generating facility. We in Nevada are not happy that they are putting the permanent repository there. They are characterizing it. But we have come to accept that. It is going forward. They are characterizing it. What I say to the people from the power interests that are coming to see the Senator, why do they not let that move ahead, move ahead the way it is scheduled, not try to rush things? That is what has messed up this whole program. Everyone is trying to put science behind time schedules. You cannot do that. As I have indicated, they have a hole as large as this room, 2 miles into the side of the mountain. They moved a great way in making progress, but let me ask my friend from North Dakota to explain to those people that they are going to ruin everything that they have worked for by trying to short-circuit this.”