On the recordJuly 10, 1996
that is a debatable issue. There are some who say that the ratepayers should continue and it should not be appropriated money of the United States. But there are others who are saying we are going to sue you, the Federal Government, because you do not have a place to put nuclear waste like you told us you would. So we are going to sue you and make the Federal taxpayers pay for it because the timeline for having a repository first in Washington, Texas, and Nevada has slipped.
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