Political Quotes

“the $80 billion figure that my friend has brought up is, I suggest, maybe not modern math. It simply does not make sense. If in fact we are talking about saving money, the thing to do would be to leave it where it is. We would save not only the cost of the site of construction at Yucca Mountain and the proposed interim storage site of billions of dollars, maybe as much as $10 billion, but we would also not have the American public frightened and concerned about the transportation of nuclear waste. We will talk about that more tomorrow. I will also say, tomorrow we will discuss in some detail the argument that because there has been nuclear testing there, we should also have nuclear waste; we will establish that is a clearly erroneous and fallacious reason. Also, we will spend time tomorrow indicating how this legislation would wipe out environmental laws in this country, and that is the reason all environmental organizations in this country vehemently oppose this legislation.”