Political Quotes

“we also know that they are running roughshod over environmental laws in this country--``they'' being the proponents of this legislation. We have here a statement from Public Citizen, which says, ``If you believe in environmental standards, don't vote for S. 1936. S. 1936 severely weakens environmental standards by carving loopholes in the National Environmental Policy Act''--that is what we call NEPA--``eliminating licensing standards, forbidding the EPA from raising radiation release standards.'' Mr. President, we received from the President of the United States office late last night a reiteration of why he believes this legislation is bad and why it should be voted down. Among other things said in this letter from John Hilly, assistant to the President of the United States, it says: The bill undermines environmental laws and processes. Americans deserve full public health protection. Yet, this bill renders the National Environmental Policy Act meaningless, undermines EPA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulatory process for public protection from radiation exposure. It is a good deal the proponents have--just wipe out the environmental laws and say we have to get rid of nuclear waste. The powerful nuclear lobby has been willing to run roughshod over the lives of Americans for too many years. It is time we stopped it.”