Harry Reid: “Members of the Senate, you have seen bad legislation in your day, but this is the worst. S. 104, as written, was bad. S.…”

“Members of the Senate, you have seen bad legislation in your day, but this is the worst. S. 104, as written, was bad. S. 104 in the substitute form is just as bad. People like Senator Bingaman have tried to improve this legislation. Senator Bingaman worked very hard. They tinkered with the edges. The proponents tried to pacify Senator Bingaman and others, and the legislation was not improved upon with their tinkering. This legislation is bad in its substitute form and in its amended form. They have failed to deal with the transportation system at all. They haven't dealt with it. In Germany, in recent months, they tried to move six casks. They called out 30,000 police to take care of that-- 30,000. There were 170 people injured and 500 arrested. It cost $150 million to move it less than 300 miles. The German parliament is reconsidering the program. There is nothing in this legislation to allow it to be carried through your State safely. Every environmental group in America opposes this legislation. The terrorism possibilities with this legislation are replete, as we laid out on the floor yesterday. The Washington Post is only one newspaper that said ``don't do it.'' Many newspapers throughout the country have said ``don't do it.'' The President is going to veto this because it is bad legislation, as agreed upon by his Secretary of Energy, head of the EPA, and by the Council of Environmental Quality.”