Political Quotes

“if the statement of the Senator from Tennessee is valid, and I am confident that it is, then the Senator should oppose this legislation, because if he believes that there is potential damage to residents of the State of Tennessee, then certainly he should understand that there is significant risk to the people of Nevada. The State of Nevada, people think of as a big wasteland. The fact of the matter is that not far from the Nevada test site are over a million people. We have significant problems. But not only are there problems in Tennessee and in Nevada; what about the entire route of this transportation? If the Senator from Tennessee is concerned about transportation of nuclear waste within the State of Tennessee, he likewise should be concerned about the transportation of nuclear waste across this country. We have established, Mr. President, that there are significant groups who are opposed to this legislation. We have yet to find anyone other than utilities companies who favor this legislation, and the utility companies that favor it are necessarily nuclear facilities, with some exceptions. We have talked this morning and been given a few examples on this floor about the Baptists who oppose this legislation and the United Transportation Workers and an organization in Missouri. We could give hundreds of examples.…”