Harry Reid: “Waste Vote in the Senate'' is the headline. The Washington Post said: Our own sense is that the bill is the wrong…”

“Waste Vote in the Senate'' is the headline. The Washington Post said: Our own sense is that the bill is the wrong solution to a genuine problem . . . Proponents like to say the nuclear alternative is clean when compared with such other sources of power as coal. It is until you get to the disposal issue: what to do with the spent fuel rods. Then it's the dirtiest of all . . . . The permanent storage decision is too important to be made under that kind of pressure. The Washington Post, Mr. President, said that we are being stampeded into a decision that will have long-term detrimental effects on this country. I believe the Washington Post. We also know that the President of the United States is going to veto this bill. He is going to veto this bill if it gets 100 votes, which it will not. He is going to veto this legislation no matter how many votes it gets, because Bill Clinton believes this is bad policy. The President has said in a statement of policy earlier this month, about a week ago, that this was bad policy for our country. This statement has been coordinated with all the Federal agencies. We should remember that the President is going to veto this for good reasons: It is bad policy.…”