Political Quotes

“I join Senator Ensign today to recognize the remarkable life of Joe Egan, who passed away on May 7, 2008. Joe is known in Nevada and throughout the country as a skilled attorney who worked hard to make our Nation safer and to stop the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump from being built in Nevada. I think Joe hated the nuclear waste dump project as much as I do. In his obituary, he arranged to have his ashes spread over Yucca Mountain. ``Radwaste buried here only over my dead body,'' he said. After learning in 1996 that Yucca Mountain was scientifically unsuitable for storing radioactive waste, he was deputized as the lead lawyer for the State of Nevada's efforts to fight the dump. Nevadans should be proud to have had such a magnificent person fighting for them. Joe was a key force in dealing multiple blows to the project and bringing it to a standstill. Over the years, Joe has made it abundantly clear that the project is unsafe and that the science behind it is unsound. It speaks to his character that although he was not from Nevada, he fought against this project with both passion and strength because he knew that it was the right thing to do. When we finally end the battle against the Yucca Mountain project, we will have done it together with Joe and his team. Joe was by no means antinuclear. He just wanted to see nuclear power produced safely and the dangerous wastes it produces to be managed properly.”