Political Quotes

“Thank you to the gentlelady for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I come to the floor today to support the amendment offered by my colleague, Congresswoman Dina Titus, from District One. As she has so eloquently indicated and as I stand here today as the Representative who actually has Yucca Mountain in his district, first and foremost, we probably should start by pronouncing our State the way that people in Nevada say it, which is Nevada and not Nevada. If we are going to screw Nevada by bringing nuclear waste and trying to store it in our State, we should start by recognizing that the people of Nevada hold dear to what is important to our State. I oppose efforts to fund the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project. Any avenues for the activation of this project should be blocked. Potential funding for the storage of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain should be put to better use, whether it is to reduce our deficit or to fund other essential government programs. Nuclear storage at Yucca Mountain is a failed and unworkable proposal. There are investments that we have made in Yucca Mountain already, as my colleague has said--some $15 billion--and we should find an appropriate alternative use for this site. {time} 1930 But as it stands, this is a project that has been flawed from the start, and it remains flawed today. This isn't about one political party or another.…”