Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I, first of all, want to talk about what some of the people have said who support this legislation. First of all, the supporters of S. 1936 are appealing to States with nuclear powerplants or nuclear operations, implying that their well-being depends upon the passage of S. 1936. This is not true. There will be brownouts without S. 1936. They said the same thing in 1980, as my colleague from Nevada so aptly pointed out in his earlier statement. I say before my friend leaves the floor, I consider myself well-versed on the subject of nuclear waste, and I do not often acknowledge--publicly, at least--that someone knows more about a subject than I do. But it is without question that the Senator from Nevada, my colleague, has devoted months and months of his professional career to understanding this issue, and no one in America understands the issue better than he. So I appreciate very much the statement made by my colleague. He clearly pointed out the verbatim statement made by the former chairman of the Energy Committee, now the ranking member, that there would be brownouts in 1980. Of course, there were none. There will be no brownouts if S. 1936 does not pass. There will be no brownouts without S. 1936. If there are brownouts, it will not be as a result of not hauling nuclear waste away from the plants.”