Political Quotes

“I strenuously oppose this approach to the bill. Part of the problem we have is there is no other vehicle where we can do this. This is a very difficult time in our country. We do not have a nuclear repository available in this country to accept the waste that we have today around the country. To go to the folly, the folly of granting new licenses when we do not have any place to take the material that is in Illinois and move it somewhere and to start granting licenses without a plan in place is not good policy. I do not like having to include this kind of language in this bill, but I think it is important to include it to send a message that the repository is important. The repository is important to the future of this country and the nuclear industry in this country. If we do not start taking a stand on this, then we are going to get things out of whack in this country to the point where we have an even more problem and more costly problem. Right now, many States in this country cannot move their material. They are under lawsuits, there are all kinds of problems. This bill, because of some other problems, does not move forward even in my judgment enough to getting that repository going. So, therefore, this language is put in to send a message. I think taking it out sends absolutely the wrong message in this country and it should be retained in this bill.”