On the recordJuly 9, 2014
Today I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by Dr. Wenstrup. This much-needed amendment will blunt the job losses that are coming to the hardworking men and women who are currently working to try and clean up that Atomic Energy Commission plant there in Piketon. I understand the committee's attempts, and I appreciate the committee's attempts. Unfortunately, the $15 million that they have put in this appropriation is still not enough to stop the hundreds of layoffs that will come if nothing more is done, nor is it enough to keep this critical cleanup project on track so that the property can be developed to create more jobs to replace the ones that are going to be lost anyway. {time} 1615 That is why this amendment is so necessary. It reroutes money from renewable and overhead costs to pay for the cleanup work that we promised to the Piketon, Ohio, folks; and we ought to stay with that. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment.
