Harry Reid

They were a little off. They are now approaching $3 billion for what they have done at Yucca Mountain. I say, without placing all the blame on the Department of Energy, a lot of it has been, I repeat, trying to put time ahead of science…

Yes, because they have asked the Federal Government to take over the project. Up to this time, much of the expense has been borne by ratepayers at so much per kilowatt per electricity into this fund. The fund has been used to repair the…

If we eliminate those, we have to transport these, probably now about 50-some-odd thousand metric tons of nuclear waste. This is how we would transport it. The cost is very significant, because what they have decided is that they would…

If you want to leave it on-site, you can establish a site for dry cask storage containment for $6 million, and after you get it in the cask, it will cost $1 million a year to keep an eye on it.

The operating cost for on-site dry cask storage amounts to about $1 million per year per site. It is $6 million to establish it and, after that, $1 million per year.

Yes. Now, the dry cask storage container would cost--in addition to making that acceptable for temporary storage, but as I will develop during my remarks, you do not have the transportation problems. I also say to my friend that the…

This is interesting. Each site--and we have a little over 100 nuclear waste generating facilities in the United States--it would cost about $6 million per site to store nuclear waste where it now exists.

Absolutely true. During the time that the Senator was asking the question, I wanted to make sure that I was confident that the answer was correct. So I leaned over my shoulder to my colleague from Nevada, and he nodded that I was…

Absolutely none. There has been no evidence produced at hearings that this is adequate. There have been no scientific documents submitted. Everything is quite to the contrary. But I do not know anyone in the scientific community that would…

Whichever New York Senator has the floor. It appears this is a bipartisan statement. I want to make sure it is a nonregional statement, and covers the whole United States. We in Nevada have utilities extremely hindered by the result of…

I will close by giving the direct quote of the majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives: Medicare has no place in a free world. Social Security is a rotten trick. I think we are going to have to bite the bullet on Social…

Now, we didn't get rid of it in round one because we didn't think it was politically smart, but we believe Medicare is going to wither on the vine.

Just so there is no misunderstanding, I want to state what was said by the Republican nominee for the U.S. Presidency in October of last year: ``I was there fighting the fight''--a direct quote--``one of 12 voting against Medicare, because…

I have a quote that the Senator did make, and I ask if the Senator recalls this statement having been made from the majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dick Armey, who says, ``Medicare has no place in a free world.''

I say to my friend, who has had a lot of experience in this body, if the medical savings account provision were dropped, how long do you think it would take to pass this bill?

So the Senator from Minnesota feels that the proper way to determine security of the Capitol complex and the White House is on the floor, without congressional hearings of any kind? Any kind of hearings?

I can not support the nomination of Alan Greenspan. He has rendered great service to the country. But I think the time has come for new leadership. We need to look at what is taking place at the Fed not only regarding its monetary policy…

I have here a publication on the Great Basin National Park. It is called ``The Story Behind the Scenery.'' It is a new publication, one of which I am very proud, because it showcases a national park that we have in the State of Nevada.

I am going to speak on the Kerry amendment that is an umbrella environmental amendment, and that way I will not offer my amendment, which is more specific. Theirs is more broad than mine.

I think it has been a productive debate to this point. I think it has been good for the Senate. I think it has been good for the American public to have this debate. I hope this budget resolution can be debated in its entirety. I think we…

I have been faithfully attending to my duties here in the Senate the last 3 weeks. Frankly, we have not been doing anything. We have been playing here on the gas tax, minimum wage, and something called the TEAM Act. What, all of a sudden…

I also say that my friend, my colleague from the State of Nevada, Senator Bryan, is also going to address the Senate on a very important issue dealing with nuclear waste. I underscore and underline his statement and join with him in…

I say to my friend, I have been advised that in the State of New Mexico in recent years the gasoline tax was decreased and the cost of gasoline in that State went up. Has the Senator heard that? Has the Senator heard that story?

I have been watching very closely since the prices, especially in the western part of the United States, have gone up. They have gone up a lot in the State of Nevada, not as much as in the State of California, but they have gone up in the…

Does the Senator know of any reason why the 4.3 cents was chosen as compared to any other tax increases that occurred when the Republicans controlled the White House?