04/21/2010
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"We're very pleased to be able to move forward after all of the years of work to reach agreement."
"We commend Senator Wyden and Senator Merkley, and their staff, for writing this legislation and doing so in a manner that fully protects agricultural water supplies."
"The problem as I see it is that our nation's nuclear waste policy treats civilian nuclear waste and defense waste the same, with defense waste almost as an afterthought."
"It is unacceptable to me, and to the constituents I represent, for Hanford to be the de facto repository for 90 percent of the nation's high-level radioactive defense waste."