"I want to thank all the panelists for being here today."
"I represent southern Nevada. We have Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada Test and Training Range, Creech Air Force Base down south."
"Do you honestly believe that shipping over 5,000 truck casks of high-level nuclear waste over a span of 50 years won't result in at least one radiological accident?"
"I urge the subcommittee to stop wasting billions in taxpayer dollars by resurrecting a project that has been dead for over 30 years."
"The victims of such negligent policy won't be your constituents, Mr. Chairman, but rather the ones who live in our districts."
"Severe transportation accidents... threaten the health and safety of tourists and individuals who live along these proposed routes."
"Nevadans wholeheartedly oppose become being the Nation's nuclear dumping ground."
"For over 30 years, the State of Nevada and local communities... have rejected this project on safety, public health, and environmental grounds."
"It is my view that DOT should implement those laws (unless Congress changes them)."
"I came to appreciate from my prior public service was the importance of DOT officials having good communication."
"I believe that we should try to be protective of our environment."